wood

[wʊd]

/[wʊd]/ noun

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The verdict

“wood” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,056. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,056
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-wood · wood · German

wood · rank #16,056 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,056
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wohnmobil

Nearest frequency peer: Wohnmobil (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „wood“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „wood“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

wood vs wow
50% similar
wood vs Wort
25% similar
wood vs wozu
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for wood
PropertyValue
Headwordwood
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[wʊd]
Letters4
Frequency rank#16,056
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „wood“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.woodliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Wohnmobil“ (#16,055), „zarten“ (#16,057), „Wohlbefinden“ (#16,054). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „wood“ bei #16,056. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around wood (IPA [wʊd]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,056 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for wood, with forms such as "owod", "wod", and "wodo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "wow", "Wort", "wozu", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is wood, spelled W-O-O-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wald
  2. 2
    Holz

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The woods around their house were very dense.
  2. "The season was cold and rainy, and in the evenings we crowded around a blazing wood fire, and occasionally amused ourselves with some German stories of ghosts, which happened to fall into our hands."

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • owod
  • wod
  • wodo
  • woodd
  • wwood

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wood - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

owod2wod1wodo2woodd1wwood1
Edit distance from "wood"

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 "wood"?
"wood" is spelled W-O-O-D. The IPA pronunciation is [wʊd].
What does "wood" mean?
As a noun, "wood" means: Wald
What words are commonly confused with "wood"?
"wood" is commonly confused with "wow", "Wort", "wozu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "wood"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wood" is [wʊd]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wood" come from?
"wood" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Zoom#16,061üble#16,070vors#16,042übte#16,072

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list