wahlweise
[ˈvaːlˌvaɪ̯zə]
The verdict
“wahlweise” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,713. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,713
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nach eigener Wahl; so, dass man wählen kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-wahlweise · wahlweise · German
wahlweise · rank #14,713 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #14,713
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH völliger
Nearest frequency peer: völliger (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „wahlweise“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Vollendung
Vollendung
85,291 corpus weight
- vorgegebenen
vorgegebenen
85,290 corpus weight
- völliger
völliger
85,289 corpus weight
- wahlweise
wahlweise
85,288 corpus weight
- weggenommen
weggenommen
85,287 corpus weight
- weiblicher
weiblicher
85,286 corpus weight
What this shows „wahlweise“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wahlweise |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈvaːlˌvaɪ̯zə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #14,713 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „wahlweise“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around wahlweise (IPA [ˈvaːlˌvaɪ̯zə]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #14,713 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "nach eigener Wahl; so, dass man wählen kann".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for wahlweise, with forms such as "awhlweise", "wahhlweise", and "wahlewise". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Wahlkreise", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is wahlweise, spelled W-A-H-L-W-E-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1nach eigener Wahl; so, dass man wählen kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wahlweise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bestellen Sie jetzt unser Sofa im Sonderangebot wahlweise mit Stoff- oder Lederbezug.
„Über den See geht es wahlweise mit einer Fähre oder aber dem ultraschnellen Tragflügelboot, das für Seekrankheit anfällige Leute jedoch lieber meiden sollten.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- awhlweise
- wahhlweise
- wahlewise
- wahllweise
- wahlweies
- wahlweisse
- wahlwesie
- wahlwiese
- wahlwweise
- wahwleise
- walhweise
- whalweise
- wwahlweise
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wahlweise - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wahlweise", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).