Wels
[vɛls]
The verdict
“Wels” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,523. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,523
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fisch der Gattung Silurus oder der Familie Siluridae
Corpus desk
Index DE-wels · Wels · German
Wels · rank #15,523 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,523
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wasserfall
Nearest frequency peer: Wasserfall (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Wels“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- wacker
wacker
84,481 corpus weight
- Wahn
Wahn
84,480 corpus weight
- Wasserfall
Wasserfall
84,479 corpus weight
- Wels
Wels
84,478 corpus weight
- Wenzel
Wenzel
84,477 corpus weight
- wertlos
wertlos
84,476 corpus weight
What this shows „Wels“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Wels |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [vɛls] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #15,523 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Wels“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Wels (IPA [vɛls]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,523 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wels, with forms such as "ewls", "welss", and "wesl". 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, "WS", "wer", "wen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Wels, spelled W-E-L-S.
Definition
- 1Fisch der Gattung Silurus oder der Familie Siluridae
- 2Fisch der Ordnung Siluriformes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wels appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Wels bewohnt bevorzugt große, warme Seen und tiefe, langsam fließende Flüsse.
„Welse reiben hingegen mit einem Stachel ihrer Brustflosse an ihrem Schultergelenk und produzieren so ganz andere, hochfrequente Laute.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewls
- welss
- wesl
- wles
- wwels
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wels - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Wels", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).