wohlfühlen
[ˈvoːlˌfyːlən]
The verdict
“wohlfühlen” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #17,780 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #17,780
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - angenehmer, behaglicher Stimmung sein; gut gestimmt sein; Wohlbefinden fühlen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wohlfühlen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvoːlˌfyːlən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #17,780 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wohlfühlen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for wohlfühlen is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvoːlˌfyːlən]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,780 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "angenehmer, behaglicher Stimmung sein; gut gestimmt sein; Wohlbefinden fühlen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for wohlfühlen, with forms such as "owhlfühlen", "wholfühlen", and "wohflühlen". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is wohlfühlen, spelled W-O-H-L-F-Ü-H-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1angenehmer, behaglicher Stimmung sein; gut gestimmt sein; Wohlbefinden fühlen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: owhlfühlen,wholfühlen,wohflühlen,wohhlfühlen,wohlffühlen,wohlfhülen,wohlfüheln,wohlfühhlen,wohlfühlenn,wohlfühllen,wohlfühlne,wohlfülhen,wohllfühlen,wohlüfhlen,wolhfühlen,wwohlfühlen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wohlfühlen - 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.
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 “wohlfühlen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-O-H-L-F-Ü-H-L-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈvoːlˌfyːlən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.