willst

/[vɪlst]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#643

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

willst is aGermanverb. It means: 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wollen Pronounced [vɪlst]. It ranks #643 in German word frequency. Often confused with wirst and wollt.

Key facts for willst
PropertyValue
Headwordwillst
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[vɪlst]
Letters6
Frequency rank#643
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of willst in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for willst is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [vɪlst]. Corpus data places it at rank #643 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wollen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for willst, with forms such as "iwllst", "willsst", and "willstt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "wirst", "wollt", "wisst", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is willst, spelled W-I-L-L-S-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wollen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iwllst,willsst,willstt,willts,wilslt,wilst,wlilst,wwillst

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for willst

Misspelling Variants of "willst"

iwllst6willsst7willstt7willts6wilslt6wilst5wlilst6wwillst7
Misspelling Variants of "willst"

Frequency rank: #643 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "willst"?
"willst" is spelled W-I-L-L-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [vɪlst].
What does "willst" mean?
As a verb, "willst" means: 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wollen
What words are commonly confused with "willst"?
"willst" is commonly confused with "wirst", "wollt", "wisst". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "willst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "willst" is [vɪlst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "willst" come from?
"willst" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.