Welle

/[ˈvɛlə]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,315

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Welle is aGermannoun. It means: Erhebung von Wasser Pronounced [ˈvɛlə]. It ranks #4,315 in German word frequency. Often confused with will and Welt.

Key facts for Welle
PropertyValue
HeadwordWelle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈvɛlə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,315
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Welle is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvɛlə]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,315 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Welle, with forms such as "ewlle", "wele", and "welel". 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, "will", "Welt", "were", 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 Welle, spelled W-E-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Erhebung von Wasser
  2. 2
    Art der Energieausbreitung, zum Beispiel des Schalls oder Lichts
  3. 3
    eine geistige, kulturelle, politische, allgemeine Strömung, die sich wiederholt und steigert
  4. 4
    Maschinenteil zur Übertragung von Drehbewegungen
  5. 5
    eine Turnübung
  6. 6
    Schrittkombination beim Tanzen
  7. 7
    eine von Zuschauern aufgeführte, spezielle Anfeuerungsart
  8. 8
    etwas, das optisch an eine Woge erinnert, zum Beispiel eine Erhebung des Bodens oder die Form der Haare

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ewlle,wele,welel,wlele,wwelle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Welle

Misspelling Variants of "Welle"

ewlle5wele4welel5wlele5wwelle6
Misspelling Variants of "Welle"

Frequency rank: #4,315 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Welle"?
"Welle" is spelled W-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɛlə].
What does "Welle" mean?
As a noun, "Welle" means: Erhebung von Wasser
What words are commonly confused with "Welle"?
"Welle" is commonly confused with "will", "Welt", "were". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Welle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Welle" is [ˈvɛlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Welle" come from?
"Welle" 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.