Wildau
[ˈvɪldaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Wildau” is uncommon German (frequency #77,552 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,552
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in Brandenburg im Landkreis Dahme-Spreewald gelegene Stadt
Corpus desk
Index DE-wildau · Wildau · German
Wildau · rank #77,552 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,552
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 38,697
- PHOTO-FINISH Wildberg
Nearest frequency peer: Wildberg (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Wildau”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Wiede
Wiede
22,452 corpus weight
- wiegst
wiegst
22,451 corpus weight
- Wildau
Wildau
22,449 corpus weight
- Wildberg
Wildberg
22,448 corpus weight
- Wildschwein…
Wildschweinen
22,447 corpus weight
- Wimpfen
Wimpfen
22,446 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Wildau” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wildau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪldaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,552 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wildau” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Wildau is uncommon German at frequency #77,552 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈvɪldaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in Brandenburg im Landkreis Dahme-Spreewald gelegene Stadt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Wildau in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Wildau, spelled W-I-L-D-A-U.
Definition
- 1in Brandenburg im Landkreis Dahme-Spreewald gelegene Stadt
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Wildau", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.