Wehle
[ˈveːlə]
The verdict
“Wehle” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bei Deichbruch aufgespültes Wasserloch
Corpus desk
Index DE-wehle · Wehle · German
Wehle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wehle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈveːlə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wehle“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wehle is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈveːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bei Deichbruch aufgespültes Wasserloch".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Wehle in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Wehle, spelled W-E-H-L-E.
Definition
- 1bei Deichbruch aufgespültes Wasserloch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wehle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Kinder baden in der Wehle.
„Als ich jene Stelle erreicht hatte, sah ich hart am Deich im Kooge unten das Wasser einer großen Wehle blinken – so nennen sie dort die Brüche, welche von den Sturmfluten in das Land gerissen werden und die dann meist als kleine, aber tiefgründige Teiche stehen bleiben.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.