wahlfrei
[ˈvaːlˌfʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“wahlfrei” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der freien Auswahl überlassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wahlfrei · wahlfrei · German
wahlfrei · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wahlfrei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvaːlˌfʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wahlfrei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wahlfrei is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈvaːlˌfʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der freien Auswahl überlassen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for wahlfrei, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is wahlfrei, spelled W-A-H-L-F-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1der freien Auswahl überlassen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how wahlfrei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei wahlfreier Anreise können Sie selber entscheiden, wann Sie Ihren Urlaub anfangen möchten. Es muss nicht immer Samstags sein.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.