willkürlich
[ˈvɪlˌkyːɐ̯lɪç]
The verdict
“willkürlich” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,206. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,206
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nur seinem Willen folgend, diktatorisch (Urteile, Entscheidungen)
Corpus desk
Index DE-willkurlich · willkürlich · German
willkürlich · rank #12,206 · 16 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,206
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wiegen
Nearest frequency peer: wiegen (-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 „willkürlich“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- warmes
warmes
87,798 corpus weight
- which
which
87,797 corpus weight
- wiegen
wiegen
87,796 corpus weight
- willkürlich
willkürlich
87,795 corpus weight
- wundervolle
wundervolle
87,794 corpus weight
- wurdest
wurdest
87,793 corpus weight
What this shows „willkürlich“ 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 | willkürlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvɪlˌkyːɐ̯lɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #12,206 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „willkürlich“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around willkürlich (IPA [ˈvɪlˌkyːɐ̯lɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,206 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for willkürlich, with forms such as "iwllkürlich", "wilklürlich", and "wilkürlich". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "willkürliche", "willkürlichen", 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 is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is willkürlich, spelled W-I-L-L-K-Ü-R-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1nur seinem Willen folgend, diktatorisch (Urteile, Entscheidungen)
- 2frei gewählt (Definitionen, Festlegungen)
- 3willentlich herbeiführbar (Handlungen, Körperfunktionen)
- 4nicht auf Ähnlichkeit beruhend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how willkürlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Neben Beschränkungen der Sportarten selbst beispielweise war das im Westen, aber auch in Polen und der Tschechoslowakei sehr populäre Drachenfliegen in der DDR verboten, wurden manche der stadtnahen Flugplätze wie Saarmund und Eggersdorf willkürlich wegen Fluchtgefahr geschlossen.“
Mangelhafte Gesetzestexte öffnen willkürlichen Entscheidungen Tür und Tor.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwllkürlich
- wilklürlich
- wilkürlich
- willkkürlich
- willkrülich
- willkülrich
- willkürilch
- willkürlcih
- willkürlicch
- willkürlichh
- willkürlihc
- willkürllich
- willkürrlich
- willükrlich
- wlilkürlich
- wwillkürlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of willkürlich - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "willkürlich", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).