wohlauf

/[voːlˈʔaʊ̯f]/ adv

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#43,640

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

wohlauf is anGermanadv. It means: gesund, in guter Verfassung Pronounced [voːlˈʔaʊ̯f]. Often confused with worauf.

Key facts for wohlauf
PropertyValue
Headwordwohlauf
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[voːlˈʔaʊ̯f]
Letters7
Frequency rank#43,640
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for wohlauf is 7 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [voːlˈʔaʊ̯f]. Corpus data places it at rank #43,640 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "gesund, in guter Verfassung".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for wohlauf, with forms such as "owhlauf", "wholauf", and "wohaluf". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "worauf", 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 wohlauf, spelled W-O-H-L-A-U-F, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    gesund, in guter Verfassung

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: owhlauf,wholauf,wohaluf,wohhlauf,wohlafu,wohlauff,wohllauf,wohluaf,wolhauf,wwohlauf

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for wohlauf

Misspelling Variants of "wohlauf"

owhlauf7wholauf7wohaluf7wohhlauf8wohlafu7wohlauff8wohllauf8wohluaf7
Misspelling Variants of "wohlauf"

Frequency rank: #43,640 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wohlauf"?
"wohlauf" is spelled W-O-H-L-A-U-F. The IPA pronunciation is [voːlˈʔaʊ̯f].
What does "wohlauf" mean?
As an adv, "wohlauf" means: gesund, in guter Verfassung
What words are commonly confused with "wohlauf"?
"wohlauf" is commonly confused with "worauf". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "wohlauf"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wohlauf" is [voːlˈʔaʊ̯f]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wohlauf" come from?
"wohlauf" 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.