Stalingrad

\sta.lin.ɡʁad\

/\sta.lin.ɡʁad\/ name

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The verdict

“Stalingrad” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,266. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,266
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de la ville russe de Volgograd, de 1925 à 1961.

Corpus desk

Index FR-stalingrad · Stalingrad · French

Stalingrad · rank #31,266 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,266
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH spacieux

Nearest frequency peer: spacieux (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Stalingrad »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Stalingrad » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Stalingrad
PropertyValue
HeadwordStalingrad
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\sta.lin.ɡʁad\
Letters10
Frequency rank#31,266
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Stalingrad »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Stalingradse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « spacieux » (#31,265), « stigmates » (#31,268), « sofa » (#31,263). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Stalingrad » est au #31,266. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around Stalingrad (IPA \sta.lin.ɡʁad\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #31,266 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Stalingrad, with forms such as "satlingrad", "sstalingrad", and "stailngrad". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Stalingrad, spelled S-T-A-L-I-N-G-R-A-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de la ville russe de Volgograd, de 1925 à 1961.
  2. 2
    Bataille qui se déroula dans cette ville, entre les armées allemandes et russes du 23 août 1942 au 2 février 1943.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Stalingrad appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. En 1925, Joseph Staline rebaptise Stalingrad la ville de Tsaritsyne (depuis 1961 Volgograd) et, au Gabon, Omar Bongo transforme en 1969 son lieu de naissance, Lewaï, en Bongoville. — (Mikal Hem, Et si je devenais dictateur, traduit du norvégien par Jean-Baptiste Coursaud, Gaïa, 2017, pages 171-172)
  2. C’est fou, tout ce que ces gens ont enduré pendant le siège de Stalingrad. Le froid, le manque de nourriture. Ils faisaient de la soupe avec de la colle et de l’huile à lanterne, mangeaient les cadavres de leurs propres enfants !

This word in other languages

Stalingrad(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • satlingrad
  • sstalingrad
  • stailngrad
  • stalignrad
  • stalingard
  • stalinggrad
  • stalingradd
  • stalingrda
  • stalingrrad
  • stalinngrad
  • stalinrgad
  • stallingrad
  • stalnigrad
  • stlaingrad
  • sttalingrad
  • tsalingrad

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Stalingrad - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

satlingrad2sstalingrad1stailngrad2stalignrad2stalingard2stalinggrad1stalingradd1stalingrda2
Edit distance from "Stalingrad"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Stalingrad"?
"Stalingrad" is spelled S-T-A-L-I-N-G-R-A-D. The IPA pronunciation is \sta.lin.ɡʁad\.
What does "Stalingrad" mean?
As a proper noun, "Stalingrad" means: Nom de la ville russe de Volgograd, de 1925 à 1961.
What are common misspellings of "Stalingrad"?
Common misspellings include "satlingrad", "sstalingrad", "stailngrad", "stalignrad", "stalingard". The correct spelling is "Stalingrad".
How do you pronounce "Stalingrad"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Stalingrad" is \sta.lin.ɡʁad\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Stalingrad" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Stalingrad", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list