willig

[ˈvɪlɪç]

/[ˈvɪlɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“willig” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,843. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,843
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Erwartungen, Anforderungen von anderen gerne erfüllend

Corpus desk

Index DE-willig · willig · German

willig · rank #25,843 · 7 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,843
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Widersacher

Nearest frequency peer: Widersacher (-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 „willig“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „willig“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

willig vs Willy
50% similar
willig vs wills
67% similar
willig vs willst
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for willig
PropertyValue
Headwordwillig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈvɪlɪç]
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,843
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „willig“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.willigliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Widersacher“ (#25,842), „wohler“ (#25,844), „widerliche“ (#25,841). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „willig“ bei #25,843. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around willig (IPA [ˈvɪlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,843 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Erwartungen, Anforderungen von anderen gerne erfüllend".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for willig, with forms such as "iwllig", "wilig", and "wililg". 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. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Willy", "wills", "willst", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 willig, spelled W-I-L-L-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Erwartungen, Anforderungen von anderen gerne erfüllend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how willig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Paul ist ein williger Schüler.
  2. „Die Mannschaft ist gut und willig, hat Qualität, aber steht leider auf einem bescheidenen Tabellenplatz.“

Synonyms

bereitwilliggewilltwillens

Antonyms

unwilligwiderwillig

This word in other languages

willing(English)dispuesto(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iwllig
  • wilig
  • wililg
  • willgi
  • willigg
  • wlilig
  • wwillig

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of willig - 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.

iwllig2wilig1wililg2willgi2willigg1wlilig2wwillig1
Edit distance from "willig"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "willig"?
"willig" is spelled W-I-L-L-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɪlɪç].
What does "willig" mean?
As an adjective, "willig" means: Erwartungen, Anforderungen von anderen gerne erfüllend
What words are commonly confused with "willig"?
"willig" is commonly confused with "Willy", "wills", "willst". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "willig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "willig" is [ˈvɪlɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "willig" come from?
"willig" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "willig", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

wohler#25,844wanken#25,833Aigner#25,880anlegt#25,886

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

ziert7 variantsvital7 variantsübten7 variantsviert7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list