Wetzlar
[ˈvɛt͡slaːʁ]
The verdict
“Wetzlar” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,463. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,463
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-wetzlar · Wetzlar · German
Wetzlar · rank #14,463 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,463
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH werdende
Nearest frequency peer: werdende (-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 „Wetzlar“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Weide
Weide
85,541 corpus weight
- werdende
werdende
85,539 corpus weight
- Wetzlar
Wetzlar
85,538 corpus weight
- Widersprüche
Widersprüche
85,537 corpus weight
- Wildnis
Wildnis
85,536 corpus weight
- wohnten
wohnten
85,535 corpus weight
What this shows „Wetzlar“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wetzlar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛt͡slaːʁ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,463 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Wetzlar“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Wetzlar (IPA [ˈvɛt͡slaːʁ]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #14,463 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wetzlar, with forms such as "ewtzlar", "wetlzar", and "wettzlar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Wetzlar, spelled W-E-T-Z-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Stadt in Hessen, Deutschland
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wetzlar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wetzlar ist die größte Stadt im Lahn-Dill-Gebiet.
das mittelhessische Wetzlar
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewtzlar
- wetlzar
- wettzlar
- wetzalr
- wetzlarr
- wetzllar
- wetzlra
- wetzzlar
- weztlar
- wtezlar
- wwetzlar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wetzlar - 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 "Wetzlar", 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).