willkommen

[vɪlˈkɔmən]

/[vɪlˈkɔmən]/ adj

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The verdict

“willkommen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,311. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,311
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erwünscht, gern gesehen, angenehm

Corpus desk

Index DE-willkommen · willkommen · German

willkommen · rank #1,311 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,311
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH voller

Nearest frequency peer: voller (-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 „willkommen“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „willkommen“ 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).

willkommen vs willkommene
91% similar

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

Key facts for willkommen
PropertyValue
Headwordwillkommen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[vɪlˈkɔmən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#1,311
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „willkommen“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).willkommenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „voller“ (#1,310), „aktuellen“ (#1,312), „verbunden“ (#1,309). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „willkommen“ bei #1,311. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around willkommen (IPA [vɪlˈkɔmən]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,311 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "erwünscht, gern gesehen, angenehm".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for willkommen, with forms such as "iwllkommen", "wilklommen", and "wilkommen". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "willkommene", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is willkommen, spelled W-I-L-L-K-O-M-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    erwünscht, gern gesehen, angenehm

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Du bist uns stets ein willkommener Gast!
  2. „Von den Medien durchgekaut, verteufelt und verketzert, für Politiker oftmals ein willkommener Dreschflegel, um viel leeres Stroh zu dreschen.“

Synonyms

erwünscht

Antonyms

unwillkommen

This word in other languages

welcome(English)bienvenido(Español)bienvenu(Français)bem-vindo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iwllkommen
  • wilklommen
  • wilkommen
  • willkkommen
  • willkmomen
  • willkomemn
  • willkomen
  • willkommenn
  • willkommne
  • willokmmen
  • wlilkommen
  • wwillkommen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

iwllkommen2wilklommen2wilkommen1willkkommen1willkmomen2willkomemn2willkomen1willkommenn1
Edit distance from "willkommen"

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 "willkommen"?
"willkommen" is spelled W-I-L-L-K-O-M-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [vɪlˈkɔmən].
What does "willkommen" mean?
As an adjective, "willkommen" means: erwünscht, gern gesehen, angenehm
What words are commonly confused with "willkommen"?
"willkommen" is commonly confused with "willkommene". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "willkommen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "willkommen" is [vɪlˈkɔmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "willkommen" come from?
"willkommen" 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 "willkommen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Teilnehmer#1,307persönlich#1,305zusätzlich#1,251Diskussion#1,412

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

gesamten12 variantsMitglied12 variantsgetroffen12 variantsirgendwo12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list