WLAN
[ˈveːlaːn]
The verdict
“WLAN” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #4,087 in German word frequency and used as an abbreviation.
- #4,087
- frequency rank, German
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - drahtloses lokales Computernetzwerk
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 | WLAN |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [ˈveːlaːn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #4,087 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “WLAN” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for WLAN is 4 letters long, classified as an abbreviation, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈveːlaːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,087 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "drahtloses lokales Computernetzwerk".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for WLAN, with forms such as "lwan", "waln", and "wlann". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "won", "wohn", "woran", 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. The correct German form is WLAN, spelled W-L-A-N.
Definition
- 1drahtloses lokales Computernetzwerk
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lwan,waln,wlann,wllan,wlna,wwlan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of WLAN - 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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Using “WLAN”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-L-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈveːlaːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “won” - see the side-by-side comparison. WLAN vs won
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.