Wendung
[ˈvɛndʊŋ]
The verdict
“Wendung” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,604. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,604
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - feste Verbindung von zwei oder mehr Wörtern, deren Gesamtbedeutung sich nicht mehr aus den Bedeutungen der einzelnen Komponenten ergibt, sondern eine Übertragung erfahren hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-wendung · Wendung · German
Wendung · rank #16,604 · 11 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,604
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Weltall
Nearest frequency peer: Weltall (-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 „Wendung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Wange
Wange
83,400 corpus weight
- Weiser
Weiser
83,399 corpus weight
- Weltall
Weltall
83,398 corpus weight
- Wendung
Wendung
83,397 corpus weight
- Werdegang
Werdegang
83,396 corpus weight
- westlicher
westlicher
83,395 corpus weight
What this shows „Wendung“ 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 | Wendung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛndʊŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #16,604 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Wendung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Wendung (IPA [ˈvɛndʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,604 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wendung, with forms such as "ewndung", "wednung", and "wenddung". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Werbung", "Wertung", "Wendungen", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Wendung, spelled W-E-N-D-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1feste Verbindung von zwei oder mehr Wörtern, deren Gesamtbedeutung sich nicht mehr aus den Bedeutungen der einzelnen Komponenten ergibt, sondern eine Übertragung erfahren hat
- 2Veränderung
- 3Biegung oder Kurve
- 4sich in eine andere Richtung drehen, Drehen oder Umdrehen eines Gegenstands
- 5Veränderung der Kindslage, um damit die Geburt zu ermöglichen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wendung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir in New York haben von Auschwitz oder den Massenvernichtungen ›nichts gewußt‹, um die Wendung zu gebrauchen, die nach dem Krieg so oft von Deutschen zu hören war.
„Großschreibung gilt auch für feste Wendungen, denen der Artikel oder eine Präposition mit (gegebenfalls verschmolzenem) Artikel vorangeht.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewndung
- wednung
- wenddung
- wendnug
- wendugn
- wendungg
- wendunng
- wenndung
- wenudng
- wnedung
- wwendung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wendung - 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 "Wendung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).