Wohnheimen
[ˈvoːnˌhaɪ̯mən]
The verdict
“Wohnheimen” is uncommon German (frequency #95,150 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,150
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Wohnheim
Corpus desk
Index DE-wohnheimen · Wohnheimen · German
Wohnheimen · rank #95,150 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,150
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 38,697
- PHOTO-FINISH Wohltätigkeit…
Nearest frequency peer: Wohltätigkeitsorganisation (-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 “Wohnheimen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Wirtschafts…
Wirtschaftszweigen
4,856 corpus weight
- Wittingen
Wittingen
4,854 corpus weight
- Wohltätigke…
Wohltätigkeitsorganisation
4,853 corpus weight
- Wohnheimen
Wohnheimen
4,851 corpus weight
- Wulst
Wulst
4,847 corpus weight
- wunschlos
wunschlos
4,846 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Wohnheimen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wohnheimen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvoːnˌhaɪ̯mən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #95,150 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wohnheimen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Wohnheimen is uncommon German at frequency #95,150 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvoːnˌhaɪ̯mən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Wohnheim".
Wohnheimen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Wohnheimen, spelled W-O-H-N-H-E-I-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Wohnheim
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.