Wildnis
[ˈvɪltnɪs]
The verdict
“Wildnis” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,465. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,465
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein vom Menschen unbeeinflusstes Gebiet (auf der Erde)
Corpus desk
Index DE-wildnis · Wildnis · German
Wildnis · rank #14,465 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #14,465
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Widersprüche
Nearest frequency peer: Widersprüche (-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 „Wildnis“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- 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
- WWW
WWW
85,534 corpus weight
What this shows „Wildnis“ 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 | Wildnis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪltnɪs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,465 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Wildnis“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Wildnis (IPA [ˈvɪltnɪs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,465 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ein vom Menschen unbeeinflusstes Gebiet (auf der Erde)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wildnis, with forms such as "iwldnis", "widlnis", and "wilddnis". 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 also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "wildes", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Wildnis, spelled W-I-L-D-N-I-S.
Definition
- 1ein vom Menschen unbeeinflusstes Gebiet (auf der Erde)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wildnis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie kamen über die Elbe und siedelten bis hinauf zur Eider, rodeten die Wildnis und betrieben Ackerbau und Viehzucht.
Empfanget mich, ihr stillen Wildnisse der Fremde und gebet mir die längst ersehnte Ruhe!
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwldnis
- widlnis
- wilddnis
- wildins
- wildniss
- wildnnis
- wildnsi
- willdnis
- wilndis
- wlidnis
- wwildnis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wildnis - 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 "Wildnis", 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).