Wehrpflicht
[ˈveːɐ̯ˌp͡flɪçt]
The verdict
“Wehrpflicht” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,434. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,434
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Pflicht eines Staatsbürgers, einen zeitlich begrenzten Dienst in den Streitkräften des Landes zu tun
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wehrpflicht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈveːɐ̯ˌp͡flɪçt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #18,434 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wehrpflicht” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around Wehrpflicht (IPA [ˈveːɐ̯ˌp͡flɪçt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,434 among 38,697 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "die Pflicht eines Staatsbürgers, einen zeitlich begrenzten Dienst in den Streitkräften des Landes zu tun".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wehrpflicht, with forms such as "ewhrpflicht", "wehhrpflicht", and "wehprflicht". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Wehrpflicht, spelled W-E-H-R-P-F-L-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1die Pflicht eines Staatsbürgers, einen zeitlich begrenzten Dienst in den Streitkräften des Landes zu tun
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewhrpflicht
- wehhrpflicht
- wehprflicht
- wehrfplicht
- wehrpfflicht
- wehrpfilcht
- wehrpflciht
- wehrpfliccht
- wehrpflichht
- wehrpflichtt
- wehrpflicth
- wehrpflihct
- wehrpfllicht
- wehrplficht
- wehrppflicht
- wehrrpflicht
- werhpflicht
- wherpflicht
- wwehrpflicht
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wehrpflicht - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Wehrpflicht”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-E-H-R-P-F-L-I-C-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈveːɐ̯ˌp͡flɪçt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.