well
[vɛl]
The verdict
“well” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #9,299) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #9,299
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-well · well · German
well · rank #9,299 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,299
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Vorsitz
Nearest frequency peer: Vorsitz (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „well“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- Vorgesetzten
Vorgesetzten
90,705 corpus weight
- vorschlagen
vorschlagen
90,704 corpus weight
- Vorsitz
Vorsitz
90,703 corpus weight
- well
well
90,702 corpus weight
- Wellness
Wellness
90,701 corpus weight
- Wirt
Wirt
90,700 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „well“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | well |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [vɛl] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #9,299 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „well“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for well is neighbouring look-alikes ("wer", "wen", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [vɛl]. Frequency #9,299 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wellen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for well, with forms such as "ewll", "wel", and "wlel". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "wer", "wen", "wem", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is well, spelled W-E-L-L.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wellen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewll
- wel
- wlel
- wwell
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of well - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).