Wohltäter
[ˈvoːlˌtɛːtɐ]
The verdict
“Wohltäter” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,733. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,733
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der gutes tut
Corpus desk
Index DE-wohltater · Wohltäter · German
Wohltäter · rank #39,733 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #39,733
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wittlich
Nearest frequency peer: Wittlich (-2 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Wohltäter”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- winziges
winziges
60,272 corpus weight
- Wirtschafts…
Wirtschaftskraft
60,271 corpus weight
- Wittlich
Wittlich
60,270 corpus weight
- Wohltäter
Wohltäter
60,268 corpus weight
- Wortspiele
Wortspiele
60,266 corpus weight
- Wortwitz
Wortwitz
60,265 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Wohltäter” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Wohltäter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvoːlˌtɛːtɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #39,733 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Wohltäter” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Wohltäter (IPA [ˈvoːlˌtɛːtɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,733 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "jemand, der gutes tut".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wohltäter, with forms such as "owhltäter", "wholtäter", and "wohhltäter". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Wohltat", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Wohltäter, spelled W-O-H-L-T-Ä-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der gutes tut
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wohltäter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die drei Vermächtnisse, die in den Jahren 1989, 1991 und 1996 im hessischen Rechenschaftsbericht unter "sonstigen Einnahmen" verbucht sind, stammen allesamt von unbekannten Spendern. Die Nachlassverwalter in Liechtenstein und in der Schweiz halten strikt an der Anonymität der verstorbenen Wohltäter fest. Selbst in der CDU/CSU-Fraktion heißt es: "Diese Ge…
„Die Wandlung von Geizhals Scrooge zum Wohltäter im alten London - glaubwürdig von Benjamin Stawicki gespielt - ist eine anrührende Geschichte, die auch heute noch aktuell ist.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- owhltäter
- wholtäter
- wohhltäter
- wohlltäter
- wohlttäer
- wohlttäter
- wohltäetr
- wohltäterr
- wohltätre
- wohltätter
- wohlätter
- wohtläter
- wolhtäter
- wwohltäter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wohltäter - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Wohltat". View pair
- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #39,733 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "W" letter cohort. W–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.