Wäldern
[ˈvɛldɐn]
The verdict
“Wäldern” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,980. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,980
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Wald
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 | Wäldern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛldɐn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,980 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wäldern” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Wäldern (IPA [ˈvɛldɐn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,980 among 38,697 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Wald".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wäldern, with forms such as "wlädern", "wwäldern", and "wädlern". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Walter", "wilden", "Wänden", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Wäldern, spelled W-Ä-L-D-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Wald
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: wlädern,wwäldern,wädlern,wälddern,wäldenr,wäldernn,wälderrn,wäldren,wäledrn,wälldern,äwldern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wäldern - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Wäldern”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-Ä-L-D-E-R-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈvɛldɐn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Walter” - see the side-by-side comparison. Wäldern vs Walter
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.