wohin

/[voˈhɪn]/ adv

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,630

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

wohin is anGermanadv. It means: zu welchem Ziel, in welche Richtung Pronounced [voˈhɪn]. It ranks #2,630 in German word frequency. Often confused with won and Wohl.

Key facts for wohin
PropertyValue
Headwordwohin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[voˈhɪn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,630
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for wohin is 5 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [voˈhɪn]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,630 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for wohin, with forms such as "owhin", "whoin", and "wohhin". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "won", "Wohl", "wohn", 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 wohin, spelled W-O-H-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    zu welchem Ziel, in welche Richtung
  2. 2
    zu dem genannten Ziel, in die genannte Richtung
  3. 3
    auf die Toilette

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: owhin,whoin,wohhin,wohinn,wohni,woihn,wwohin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for wohin

Misspelling Variants of "wohin"

owhin5whoin5wohhin6wohinn6wohni5woihn5wwohin6
Misspelling Variants of "wohin"

Frequency rank: #2,630 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wohin"?
"wohin" is spelled W-O-H-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [voˈhɪn].
What does "wohin" mean?
As an adv, "wohin" means: zu welchem Ziel, in welche Richtung
What words are commonly confused with "wohin"?
"wohin" is commonly confused with "won", "Wohl", "wohn". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "wohin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wohin" is [voˈhɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wohin" come from?
"wohin" 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.