Wawrinka

\va.vʁiŋ.ka\

/\va.vʁiŋ.ka\/ name

The verdict

“Wawrinka” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,074. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,074
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille polonais.

Corpus desk

Index FR-wawrinka · Wawrinka · French

Wawrinka · rank #41,074 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,074
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH vêpres

Nearest frequency peer: vêpres (-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 « Wawrinka »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Wawrinka » 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 Wawrinka
PropertyValue
HeadwordWawrinka
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\va.vʁiŋ.ka\
Letters8
Frequency rank#41,074
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Wawrinka »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vêpres » (#41,073), « Vénissieux » (#41,072), « wise » (#41,076). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « Wawrinka » est au #41,074. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Wawrinka (IPA \va.vʁiŋ.ka\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #41,074 among 549 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille polonais.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wawrinka, with forms such as "awwrinka", "warwinka", and "wawirnka". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Wawrinka, spelled W-A-W-R-I-N-K-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille polonais.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • awwrinka
  • warwinka
  • wawirnka
  • wawrikna
  • wawrinak
  • wawrinkka
  • wawrinnka
  • wawrnika
  • wawrrinka
  • wawwrinka
  • wwarinka
  • wwawrinka

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wawrinka - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

awwrinka2warwinka2wawirnka2wawrikna2wawrinak2wawrinkka1wawrinnka1wawrnika2
Edit distance from "Wawrinka"

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 "Wawrinka"?
"Wawrinka" is spelled W-A-W-R-I-N-K-A. The IPA pronunciation is \va.vʁiŋ.ka\.
What does "Wawrinka" mean?
As a proper noun, "Wawrinka" means: Nom de famille polonais.
What are common misspellings of "Wawrinka"?
Common misspellings include "awwrinka", "warwinka", "wawirnka", "wawrikna", "wawrinak". The correct spelling is "Wawrinka".
How do you pronounce "Wawrinka"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wawrinka" is \va.vʁiŋ.ka\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wawrinka" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list