Flüchtlingswelle
[ˈflʏçtlɪŋsˌvɛlə]
The verdict
“Flüchtlingswelle” is uncommon German (frequency #56,982 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,982
- frequency rank, German
- 45,736
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aus Flüchtlingen bestehende größere Menschenmenge, die aus einem bestimmten Grund plötzlich ihre Heimat verlässt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Flüchtlingswelle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈflʏçtlɪŋsˌvɛlə] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #56,982 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Flüchtlingswelle” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Flüchtlingswelle is uncommon German at frequency #56,982 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈflʏçtlɪŋsˌvɛlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus Flüchtlingen bestehende größere Menschenmenge, die aus einem bestimmten Grund plötzlich ihre Heimat verlässt".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Flüchtlingswelle in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Flüchtlingswelle, spelled F-L-Ü-C-H-T-L-I-N-G-S-W-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1aus Flüchtlingen bestehende größere Menschenmenge, die aus einem bestimmten Grund plötzlich ihre Heimat verlässt
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Flüchtlingswelle”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-L-Ü-C-H-T-L-I-N-G-S-W-E-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.