Waldorfschule
[ˈvaldɔʁfˌʃuːlə]
The verdict
“Waldorfschule” has 21 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,715. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,715
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Schule (in freier Trägerschaft), an der nach den Methoden von Rudolf Steiner unterrichtet wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Waldorfschule |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaldɔʁfˌʃuːlə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #39,715 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Waldorfschule” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around Waldorfschule (IPA [ˈvaldɔʁfˌʃuːlə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,715 among 38,697 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Schule (in freier Trägerschaft), an der nach den Methoden von Rudolf Steiner unterrichtet wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for Waldorfschule, with forms such as "awldorfschule", "wadlorfschule", and "walddorfschule". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Waldorfschule, spelled W-A-L-D-O-R-F-S-C-H-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Schule (in freier Trägerschaft), an der nach den Methoden von Rudolf Steiner unterrichtet wird
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: awldorfschule,wadlorfschule,walddorfschule,waldofrschule,waldorfcshule,waldorffschule,waldorfscchule,waldorfschhule,waldorfschlue,waldorfschuel,waldorfschulle,waldorfscuhle,waldorfshcule,waldorfsschule,waldorrfschule,waldorsfchule,waldrofschule,walldorfschule,walodrfschule,wladorfschule,wwaldorfschule
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Waldorfschule - 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 “Waldorfschule”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-A-L-D-O-R-F-S-C-H-U-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈvaldɔʁfˌʃuːlə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.