Whirlpool
[ˈvœːɐ̯lˌpuːl]
The verdict
“Whirlpool” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,573. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,573
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleines Wasserbecken mit warmen Wasser, das angesaugt und unterhalb der Wasseroberfläche unter hohem Druck wieder zurückgeströmt wird, wodurch ein Sprudel entsteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-whirlpool · Whirlpool · German
Whirlpool · rank #27,573 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,573
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Westseite
Nearest frequency peer: Westseite (-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 „Whirlpool“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Werl
Werl
72,431 corpus weight
- wertvollsten
wertvollsten
72,430 corpus weight
- Westseite
Westseite
72,429 corpus weight
- Whirlpool
Whirlpool
72,428 corpus weight
- Wirtin
Wirtin
72,426 corpus weight
- Wisconsin
Wisconsin
72,425 corpus weight
What this shows „Whirlpool“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Whirlpool |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvœːɐ̯lˌpuːl] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #27,573 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Whirlpool“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Whirlpool (IPA [ˈvœːɐ̯lˌpuːl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,573 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "kleines Wasserbecken mit warmen Wasser, das angesaugt und unterhalb der Wasseroberfläche unter hohem Druck wieder zurückgeströmt wird, wodurch ein Sprudel entsteht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Whirlpool, with forms such as "hwirlpool", "whhirlpool", and "whilrpool". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Whirlpool, spelled W-H-I-R-L-P-O-O-L.
Definition
- 1kleines Wasserbecken mit warmen Wasser, das angesaugt und unterhalb der Wasseroberfläche unter hohem Druck wieder zurückgeströmt wird, wodurch ein Sprudel entsteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Whirlpool appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gestern Abend saß ich mit meiner Verlobten im Whirlpool und wir tranken Wein.
„Dafür gibt es kein Schwimmbecken und keinen Whirlpool, keinen Fitnessraum und keine Tischtennisplatte.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hwirlpool
- whhirlpool
- whilrpool
- whirllpool
- whirlopol
- whirlpol
- whirlpolo
- whirlpooll
- whirlppool
- whirplool
- whirrlpool
- whrilpool
- wihrlpool
- wwhirlpool
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Whirlpool - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).