Wahlentscheidung
[ˈvaːlʔɛntˌʃaɪ̯dʊŋ]
The verdict
“Wahlentscheidung” is uncommon German (frequency #59,320 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,320
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Entschluss, an einer Wahl teilzunehmen; Entschluss, eine Person oder eine Partei bei einer Abstimmung zu wählen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wahlentscheidung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaːlʔɛntˌʃaɪ̯dʊŋ] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #59,320 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wahlentscheidung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Wahlentscheidung is uncommon German at frequency #59,320 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaːlʔɛntˌʃaɪ̯dʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Entschluss, an einer Wahl teilzunehmen; Entschluss, eine Person oder eine Partei bei einer Abstimmung zu wählen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Wahlentscheidung, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Wahlentscheidung, spelled W-A-H-L-E-N-T-S-C-H-E-I-D-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Entschluss, an einer Wahl teilzunehmen; Entschluss, eine Person oder eine Partei bei einer Abstimmung zu wählen
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 “Wahlentscheidung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-A-H-L-E-N-T-S-C-H-E-I-D-U-N-G - 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.