Wolfsrudel
[ˈvɔlfsˌʁuːdl̩]
The verdict
“Wolfsrudel” is uncommon German (frequency #91,164 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,164
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gruppe von Wölfen, die gemeinsam ein Rudel bilden
Corpus desk
Index DE-wolfsrudel · Wolfsrudel · German
Wolfsrudel · rank #91,164 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,164
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wollende
Nearest frequency peer: wollende (+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 „Wolfsrudel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- witness
witness
8,842 corpus weight
- witzlos
witzlos
8,841 corpus weight
- Wolfsrudel
Wolfsrudel
8,837 corpus weight
- wollende
wollende
8,836 corpus weight
- Worcester
Worcester
8,835 corpus weight
- Wozniak
Wozniak
8,834 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wolfsrudel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wolfsrudel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɔlfsˌʁuːdl̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #91,164 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wolfsrudel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wolfsrudel is uncommon German at frequency #91,164 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɔlfsˌʁuːdl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gruppe von Wölfen, die gemeinsam ein Rudel bilden".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Wolfsrudel, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Wolfsrudel, spelled W-O-L-F-S-R-U-D-E-L.
Definition
- 1Gruppe von Wölfen, die gemeinsam ein Rudel bilden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wolfsrudel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wie im Wolfsrudel gehört der beste Bissen dem Leittier.“
„Ein Wolfsrudel begleitete des Heereszug in sicherem Abstand schon mehrere Tage, wohl in der Hoffnung, es müsste etwas Nahrung abfallen: ein totes Pferd, die Reste geschlachteten Geflügels.“
This word in other languages
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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