Waal
[vaːl]
The verdict
“Waal” is uncommon German (frequency #79,917 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,917
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - häufig in Bergregionen (zum Beispiel in Südtirol) angelegter Bewässerungskanal, der das Wasser aus regenreichen Gebieten in trockenere landwirtschaftlich genutzte Zonen leitet
Corpus desk
Index DE-waal · Waal · German
Waal · rank #79,917 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,917
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Vroni
Nearest frequency peer: Vroni (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Waal“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- vorrangigen
vorrangigen
20,088 corpus weight
- Vorschulalt…
Vorschulalter
20,087 corpus weight
- Vroni
Vroni
20,085 corpus weight
- Waal
Waal
20,084 corpus weight
- Wabe
Wabe
20,083 corpus weight
- Wadern
Wadern
20,082 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Waal“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Waal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [vaːl] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #79,917 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Waal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Waal is uncommon German at frequency #79,917 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [vaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "häufig in Bergregionen (zum Beispiel in Südtirol) angelegter Bewässerungskanal, der das Wasser aus regenreichen Gebieten in trockenere landwirtschaftlich genutzte Zonen leitet".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Waal, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Waal, spelled W-A-A-L.
Definition
- 1häufig in Bergregionen (zum Beispiel in Südtirol) angelegter Bewässerungskanal, der das Wasser aus regenreichen Gebieten in trockenere landwirtschaftlich genutzte Zonen leitet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Waal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In steileren Hanglagen oder in erosionsgefährdetem Gelände werden der Boden und die Wände des Waales durch Verbauungen befestigt.“
„Die tägliche Aufsicht über den Waal übt der Waaler aus. Er geht den Waal in seiner Länge mindestens einmal am Tag ab, kontrolliert Wasserstand, Schleusen und Rechen, behebt kleinere Schäden.“
This word in other languages
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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