Wilhelm
[ˈvɪlhɛlm]
The verdict
“Wilhelm” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,003. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,003
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutscher Familienname
Corpus desk
Index DE-wilhelm · Wilhelm · German
Wilhelm · rank #2,003 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,003
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wem
Nearest frequency peer: wem (-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 „Wilhelm“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Vorstellung
Vorstellung
98,002 corpus weight
- Vorteil
Vorteil
98,001 corpus weight
- Weihnachten
Weihnachten
98,000 corpus weight
- wem
wem
97,999 corpus weight
- Wilhelm
Wilhelm
97,998 corpus weight
- Willen
Willen
97,997 corpus weight
What this shows „Wilhelm“ 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 | Wilhelm |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪlhɛlm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,003 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Wilhelm“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Wilhelm (IPA [ˈvɪlhɛlm]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #2,003 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "deutscher Familienname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wilhelm, with forms such as "iwlhelm", "wihlelm", and "wilehlm". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Willem", "Wilhelms", "Weilheim", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Wilhelm, spelled W-I-L-H-E-L-M.
Definition
- 1deutscher Familienname
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwlhelm
- wihlelm
- wilehlm
- wilhellm
- wilhelmm
- wilheml
- wilhhelm
- wilhlem
- willhelm
- wlihelm
- wwilhelm
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wilhelm - 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 "Wilhelm", 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).