Wettlauf
[ˈvɛtˌlaʊ̯f]
The verdict
“Wettlauf” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #28,945. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,945
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Konkurrenz, in der mehrere Personen ermitteln, wer der schnellste Läufer von ihnen ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-wettlauf · Wettlauf · German
Wettlauf · rank #28,945 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,945
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Werbekampagne
Nearest frequency peer: Werbekampagne (-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 „Wettlauf“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Weltbevölke…
Weltbevölkerung
71,059 corpus weight
- weltweiter
weltweiter
71,058 corpus weight
- Werbekampag…
Werbekampagne
71,057 corpus weight
- Wettlauf
Wettlauf
71,056 corpus weight
- Wiedereröff…
Wiedereröffnung
71,054 corpus weight
- wish
wish
71,053 corpus weight
What this shows „Wettlauf“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wettlauf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛtˌlaʊ̯f] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #28,945 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Wettlauf“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Wettlauf (IPA [ˈvɛtˌlaʊ̯f]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,945 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine Konkurrenz, in der mehrere Personen ermitteln, wer der schnellste Läufer von ihnen ist".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wettlauf, with forms such as "ewttlauf", "wetlauf", and "wetltauf". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Wettlauf, spelled W-E-T-T-L-A-U-F.
Definition
- 1eine Konkurrenz, in der mehrere Personen ermitteln, wer der schnellste Läufer von ihnen ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wettlauf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1884/85 trat Deutschland in den Wettlauf der imperialistischen Staaten um die Aufteilung der Welt ein, ohne aber das Kolonialreich wesentlich zu vergrößern.
Trotz leichten Verzerrungen im Oberschenkel beendete die 400-m-Läuferin den Wettlauf mit Bravur.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewttlauf
- wetlauf
- wetltauf
- wettaluf
- wettlafu
- wettlauff
- wettllauf
- wettluaf
- wtetlauf
- wwettlauf
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wettlauf - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Wettlauf", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).