wohlwollender

[ˈvoːlˌvɔləndɐ]

/[ˈvoːlˌvɔləndɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“wohlwollender” is uncommon German (frequency #99,349 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,349
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wohlwollend

Corpus desk

Index DE-wohlwollender · wohlwollender · German

wohlwollender · rank #99,349 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,349
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH wohlhabenderen

Nearest frequency peer: wohlhabenderen (-1 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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „wohlwollender“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „wohlwollender“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for wohlwollender
PropertyValue
Headwordwohlwollender
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈvoːlˌvɔləndɐ]
Letters13
Frequency rank#99,349
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „wohlwollender“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).wohlwollenderfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „wohlhabenderen“ (#99,348), „Wohlfahrtsverbände“ (#99,347), „Wildcards“ (#99,345). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „wohlwollender“ bei #99,349. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wohlwollender is uncommon German at frequency #99,349 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈvoːlˌvɔləndɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for wohlwollender, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is wohlwollender, spelled W-O-H-L-W-O-L-L-E-N-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wohlwollend
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wohlwollend
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wohlwollend
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wohlwollend
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wohlwollend

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wohlwollender"?
"wohlwollender" is spelled W-O-H-L-W-O-L-L-E-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvoːlˌvɔləndɐ].
What does "wohlwollender" mean?
As an adjective, "wohlwollender" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wohlwollend
How do you pronounce "wohlwollender"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wohlwollender" is [ˈvoːlˌvɔləndɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wohlwollender" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wohlwollender", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

wechselhaften#99,323Zwischenfalls#99,398Volksbewegung#99,295überstandenen#99,408

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list