Welsh

[wɛlʃ]

/[wɛlʃ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Welsh” is uncommon German (frequency #73,109 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,109
frequency rank, German
38,697
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Sprache Walisisch

Key facts for Welsh
PropertyValue
HeadwordWelsh
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[wɛlʃ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#73,109
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Welsh” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Welsh lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Welsh is uncommon German at frequency #73,109 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [wɛlʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Welsh, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Welsh, spelled W-E-L-S-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Sprache Walisisch
  2. 2
    die gesamte Bevölkerung von Wales (und Personen walisischer Herkunft); Waliser

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Welsh"?
"Welsh" is spelled W-E-L-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is [wɛlʃ].
What does "Welsh" mean?
As a noun, "Welsh" means: die Sprache Walisisch
How do you pronounce "Welsh"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Welsh" is [wɛlʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Welsh" come from?
"Welsh" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Welsh”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is W-E-L-S-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [wɛlʃ] (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

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list