Wilms
[vɪlms]
The verdict
“Wilms” is uncommon German (frequency #60,260 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,260
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Familienname
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wilms |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [vɪlms] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #60,260 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wilms” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Wilms is uncommon German at frequency #60,260 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [vɪlms]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Familienname".
Wilms has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Wilms, spelled W-I-L-M-S.
Definition
- 1Familienname
Synonyms
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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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Using “Wilms”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-I-L-M-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [vɪlms] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.