Wohltat
[ˈvoːlˌtaːt]
The verdict
“Wohltat” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #43,642 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #43,642
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - freiwillige Aktion, mit der jemand einem Bedürftigen oder einer Gruppe Armer hilft ohne Gegenleistung; selbstlose Hilfe
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 | Wohltat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvoːlˌtaːt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #43,642 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wohltat” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Wohltat is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvoːlˌtaːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #43,642 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wohltat, with forms such as "owhltat", "wholtat", and "wohhltat". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "wolltet", "Wohltäter", "Wahltag", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Wohltat, spelled W-O-H-L-T-A-T.
Definition
- 1freiwillige Aktion, mit der jemand einem Bedürftigen oder einer Gruppe Armer hilft ohne Gegenleistung; selbstlose Hilfe
- 2etwas, was eine positive, angenehme Wirkung auf jemanden hat
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: owhltat,wholtat,wohhltat,wohlatt,wohlltat,wohltatt,wohltta,wohlttat,wohtlat,wolhtat,wwohltat
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wohltat - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Wohltat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-O-H-L-T-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈvoːlˌtaːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “wolltet” - see the side-by-side comparison. Wohltat vs wolltet
- 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.