Wirkung

[ˈvɪʁkʊŋ]

/[ˈvɪʁkʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Wirkung” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,647. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,647
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Resultat einer Ursache

Corpus desk

Index DE-wirkung · Wirkung · German

Wirkung · rank #1,647 · 11 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,647
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Werte

Nearest frequency peer: Werte (-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 „Wirkung“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Wirkung“ 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).

Wirkung vs working
57% similar
Wirkung vs Wirkungen
78% similar
Wirkung vs wirken
57% similar

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

Key facts for Wirkung
PropertyValue
HeadwordWirkung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈvɪʁkʊŋ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,647
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Wirkung“

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Werte“ (#1,646), „zeigte“ (#1,648), „Verwendung“ (#1,645). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „Wirkung“ bei #1,647. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Wirkung (IPA [ˈvɪʁkʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,647 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wirkung, with forms such as "iwrkung", "wikrung", and "wirkkung". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "working", "Wirkungen", "wirken", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Wirkung, spelled W-I-R-K-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Resultat einer Ursache
  2. 2
    Effekt eines Medikaments
  3. 3
    Größe der Dimension Energie mal Zeit, grundlegend für das Hamiltonsche Prinzip in der klassischen Mechanik
  4. 4
    eine bestimmte äußere zweistellige Verknüpfung einer Menge mit einer Gruppe, siehe dazu auch: Gruppenoperation

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die Anspannung des Abends, die vorausgegangene Ungewißheit im Verein mit den hastig getrunkenen Whiskys und dem Cuba Libre waren nicht gerade von heilsamer Wirkung auf Masoders Nerven.“
  2. „Die Wirkung der Mondbäder war unbekannt, aber man sagte, sie bewirkten das Gegenteil von Sonnenbädern.“

Synonyms

AuswirkungEffektErgebnisFazitFolgeKonsequenzQuintessenzResultat

Antonyms

AnlassAuslöserUrsacheWirkungslosigkeit

This word in other languages

effect(English)efecto(Español)effet(Français)efeito(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iwrkung
  • wikrung
  • wirkkung
  • wirknug
  • wirkugn
  • wirkungg
  • wirkunng
  • wirrkung
  • wirukng
  • wrikung
  • wwirkung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

iwrkung2wikrung2wirkkung1wirknug2wirkugn2wirkungg1wirkunng1wirrkung1
Edit distance from "Wirkung"

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 "Wirkung"?
"Wirkung" is spelled W-I-R-K-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɪʁkʊŋ].
What does "Wirkung" mean?
As a noun, "Wirkung" means: Resultat einer Ursache
What words are commonly confused with "Wirkung"?
"Wirkung" is commonly confused with "working", "Wirkungen", "wirken". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Wirkung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wirkung" is [ˈvɪʁkʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wirkung" come from?
"Wirkung" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Theater#1,643Ausgabe#1,654beträgt#1,656General#1,634

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Gewissen11 variantsEngland11 variantsbezahlt11 variantsReligion11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list