welter

[ˈweltə]

/[ˈweltə]/ noun

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The verdict

“welter” is uncommon German (frequency #74,176 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,176
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chaos, Durcheinander

Corpus desk

Index DE-welter · welter · German

welter · rank #74,176 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,176
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH weiterleitet

Nearest frequency peer: weiterleitet (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „welter“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „welter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for welter
PropertyValue
Headwordwelter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈweltə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#74,176
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „welter“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.welterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „weiterleitet“ (#74,175), „Wengen“ (#74,177), „weitergebildet“ (#74,174). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „welter“ bei #74,176. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

welter is uncommon German at frequency #74,176 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈweltə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

welter has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is welter, spelled W-E-L-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chaos, Durcheinander
  2. 2
    eine unüberschaubare Menge

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how welter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A welter of ruined buildings.
  2. A wealth of info, a welter of questions.

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 "welter"?
"welter" is spelled W-E-L-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈweltə].
What does "welter" mean?
As a noun, "welter" means: Chaos, Durcheinander
How do you pronounce "welter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "welter" is [ˈweltə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "welter" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "welter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Wengen#74,177Wermut#74,180wisdom#74,195achtes#74,265

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list