Walz

/[valt͡s]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,902

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Walz is aGermannoun. It means: Wanderschaft, auf die sich Handwerksgesellen nach der Ausbildung traditionell begeben Pronounced [valt͡s]. Often confused with war and was.

Key facts for Walz
PropertyValue
HeadwordWalz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[valt͡s]
Letters4
Frequency rank#33,902
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Walz in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Walz is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [valt͡s]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,902 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Wanderschaft, auf die sich Handwerksgesellen nach der Ausbildung traditionell begeben".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Walz, with forms such as "awlz", "wallz", and "walzz". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "war", "was", "way", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Walz, spelled W-A-L-Z, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wanderschaft, auf die sich Handwerksgesellen nach der Ausbildung traditionell begeben

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: awlz,wallz,walzz,wazl,wlaz,wwalz

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Walz

Misspelling Variants of "Walz"

awlz4wallz5walzz5wazl4wlaz4wwalz5
Misspelling Variants of "Walz"

Frequency rank: #33,902 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Walz"?
"Walz" is spelled W-A-L-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [valt͡s].
What does "Walz" mean?
As a noun, "Walz" means: Wanderschaft, auf die sich Handwerksgesellen nach der Ausbildung traditionell begeben
What words are commonly confused with "Walz"?
"Walz" is commonly confused with "war", "was", "way". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Walz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Walz" is [valt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Walz" come from?
"Walz" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.