# Qualm

> German word · Noun · IPA [kvalm] · frequency rank #40,776

## Definitions
1. (als unangenehm empfundener) von einem Feuer aufsteigender dichter, quellender Rauch

## Easily confused with
- **quasi** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/qualm-vs-quasi)
- **Quark** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/qualm-vs-quark)
- **quält** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/qualm-vs-qualt)
- **Quarz** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/qualm-vs-quarz)
- **Quell** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/qualm-vs-quell)
- **qua** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/qua-vs-qualm)
- **Qual** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/qual-vs-qualm)
- **quad** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/quad-vs-qualm)
- **quälen** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/qualen-vs-qualm)

## Common misspellings (7)
`qaulm`, `qqualm`, `quallm`, `qualmm`, `quaml`, `qulam`, `uqalm`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/word/qualm