Wälle
[ˈvɛlə]
The verdict
“Wälle” is uncommon German (frequency #65,901 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,901
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Wall
Corpus desk
Index DE-walle · Wälle · German
Wälle · rank #65,901 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,901
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wähnte
Nearest frequency peer: wähnte (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Wälle“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- writers
writers
34,105 corpus weight
- wuchtige
wuchtige
34,104 corpus weight
- Wunsches
Wunsches
34,102 corpus weight
- wähnte
wähnte
34,101 corpus weight
- Wälle
Wälle
34,100 corpus weight
- wässern
wässern
34,099 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wälle“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wälle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛlə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #65,901 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wälle“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wälle is uncommon German at frequency #65,901 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɛlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Wälle, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Wälle, spelled W-Ä-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Wall
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Wall
- 3Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Wall
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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