Wölkchen

[ˈvœlkçən]

/[ˈvœlkçən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Wölkchen” is uncommon German (frequency #69,912 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,912
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleine Wolke

Corpus desk

Index DE-wolkchen · Wölkchen · German

Wölkchen · rank #69,912 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,912
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH wählbaren

Nearest frequency peer: wählbaren (-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 „Wölkchen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Wölkchen
PropertyValue
HeadwordWölkchen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈvœlkçən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#69,912
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Wölkchen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „wählbaren“ (#69,911), „Würgegriff“ (#69,913), „worry“ (#69,910). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „Wölkchen“ bei #69,912. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Wölkchen is uncommon German at frequency #69,912 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvœlkçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleine Wolke".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Wölkchen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Wölkchen, spelled W-Ö-L-K-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    kleine Wolke

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Wölkchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Es war nur ein Wölkchen am Himmel zu sehen.
  2. „Unmittelbar nachdem das Wölkchen aufgestiegen war, ertönte ein ferner Schuss, und man sah, wie unsere über die Bücke marschierenden Truppen ihr Tempo verstärkten.“

Synonyms

Wölklein

This word in other languages

cloudlet(English)nuage(Français)

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 "Wölkchen"?
"Wölkchen" is spelled W-Ö-L-K-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvœlkçən].
What does "Wölkchen" mean?
As a noun, "Wölkchen" means: kleine Wolke
How do you pronounce "Wölkchen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wölkchen" is [ˈvœlkçən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wölkchen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Züchtern#69,936Abstiegs#69,963Airports#69,973Alhambra#69,975

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list