Walküre
[valˈkyːʁə]
The verdict
“Walküre” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,374. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,374
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Sagengestalt der nordischen Mythologie, die ehrenvoll Gefallene nach Walhall bringt
Corpus desk
Index DE-walkure · Walküre · German
Walküre · rank #49,374 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #49,374
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Waldboden
Nearest frequency peer: Waldboden (-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 „Walküre“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Vulva
Vulva
50,630 corpus weight
- Waldboden
Waldboden
50,628 corpus weight
- Walküre
Walküre
50,627 corpus weight
- Wanderers
Wanderers
50,626 corpus weight
- wants
wants
50,625 corpus weight
- Warstein
Warstein
50,624 corpus weight
What this shows „Walküre“ 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 | Walküre |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [valˈkyːʁə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #49,374 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Walküre“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Walküre (IPA [valˈkyːʁə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,374 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Walküre, with forms such as "awlküre", "waklüre", and "walkküre". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Walker", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Walküre, spelled W-A-L-K-Ü-R-E.
Definition
- 1weibliche Sagengestalt der nordischen Mythologie, die ehrenvoll Gefallene nach Walhall bringt
- 2blonde, stattliche, große, kräftige Frau
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Walküre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Walküren geleiten die Einherier, die ehrenvoll Gefallenen, ins Totenreich Walhall.
Gabi ist eine richtige Walküre!
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- awlküre
- waklüre
- walkküre
- walkrüe
- walküer
- walkürre
- wallküre
- walükre
- wlaküre
- wwalküre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Walküre - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Walküre", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).