Waldbrand
[ˈvaltˌbʁant]
The verdict
“Waldbrand” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,713. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,713
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in einem Wald um sich greifendes Feuer größeren (zumeist vernichtenden) Ausmaßes
Corpus desk
Index DE-waldbrand · Waldbrand · German
Waldbrand · rank #39,713 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,713
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH völkerrechtli…
Nearest frequency peer: völkerrechtlich (-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 „Waldbrand“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- vorsichtige
vorsichtige
60,291 corpus weight
- Vorspann
Vorspann
60,290 corpus weight
- völkerrecht…
völkerrechtlich
60,289 corpus weight
- Waldbrand
Waldbrand
60,288 corpus weight
- walden
walden
60,287 corpus weight
- Waldorfschu…
Waldorfschule
60,286 corpus weight
What this shows „Waldbrand“ 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 | Waldbrand |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaltˌbʁant] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #39,713 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Waldbrand“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Waldbrand (IPA [ˈvaltˌbʁant]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,713 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "in einem Wald um sich greifendes Feuer größeren (zumeist vernichtenden) Ausmaßes".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Waldbrand, with forms such as "awldbrand", "wadlbrand", and "walbdrand". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Waldrand", "Waldbrände", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Waldbrand, spelled W-A-L-D-B-R-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1in einem Wald um sich greifendes Feuer größeren (zumeist vernichtenden) Ausmaßes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Waldbrand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Unterschied zu den vergangenen Jahren sind Brandenburgs Forste bislang von größeren Waldbränden weitgehend verschont. 164 überwiegend kleinere Waldbrände auf einer Gesamtfläche von 44 Hektar registrierte das Umweltministerium in der ersten Jahreshälfte.“
„In dieser Gegend, in der seit drei Jahren Trockenheit herrscht und riesige Waldbrände wüten, mischen sich Katastrophenangst und Technikvertrauen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- awldbrand
- wadlbrand
- walbdrand
- waldbarnd
- waldbbrand
- waldbradn
- waldbrandd
- waldbrannd
- waldbrnad
- waldbrrand
- walddbrand
- waldrband
- walldbrand
- wladbrand
- wwaldbrand
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Waldbrand - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Same letter count
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).