welche

/[ˈvɛlçə]/ pron

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#262

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

welche is aGermanpron. It means: ein Interrogativpronomen (Fragepronomen) Pronounced [ˈvɛlçə]. It ranks #262 in German word frequency. Often confused with Woche and Welle.

Key facts for welche
PropertyValue
Headwordwelche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPron
IPA[ˈvɛlçə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#262
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for welche is 6 letters long, classified as apron, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvɛlçə]. Corpus data places it at rank #262 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for welche, with forms such as "ewlche", "weclhe", and "welcche". 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, "Woche", "Welle", "Welpe", 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 welche, spelled W-E-L-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Interrogativpronomen (Fragepronomen)
  2. 2
    im Nominativ Singular feminin
  3. 3
    im Akkusativ Singular feminin
  4. 4
    im Nominativ Plural maskulin, feminin und neutral
  5. 5
    im Akkusativ Plural maskulin, feminin und neutral

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ewlche,weclhe,welcche,welceh,welchhe,welhce,wellche,wleche,wwelche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for welche

Misspelling Variants of "welche"

ewlche6weclhe6welcche7welceh6welchhe7welhce6wellche7wleche6
Misspelling Variants of "welche"

Frequency rank: #262 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "welche"?
"welche" is spelled W-E-L-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɛlçə].
What does "welche" mean?
As a pron, "welche" means: ein Interrogativpronomen (Fragepronomen)
What words are commonly confused with "welche"?
"welche" is commonly confused with "Woche", "Welle", "Welpe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "welche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "welche" is [ˈvɛlçə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "welche" come from?
"welche" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter W in our German index:

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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.