world

[wɜː(ɹ)ld]

/[wɜː(ɹ)ld]/ noun

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The verdict

“world” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,374. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,374
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kein Plural: der Planet Erde

Corpus desk

Index DE-world · world · German

world · rank #2,374 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,374
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wettbewerb

Nearest frequency peer: Wettbewerb (-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 „world“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „world“ 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).

world vs Wort
40% similar
world vs wurd
60% similar
world vs Worte
40% similar

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

Key facts for world
PropertyValue
Headwordworld
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[wɜː(ɹ)ld]
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,374
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „world“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).worldliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Wettbewerb“ (#2,373), „wartet“ (#2,372), „älteren“ (#2,376). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „world“ bei #2,374. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around world (IPA [wɜː(ɹ)ld]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,374 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "kein Plural: der Planet Erde".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for world, with forms such as "owrld", "wolrd", and "wordl". 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, "Wort", "wurd", "Worte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is world, spelled W-O-R-L-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    kein Plural: der Planet Erde

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. "No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; …"

Synonyms

Earth

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • owrld
  • wolrd
  • wordl
  • worldd
  • worlld
  • worrld
  • wrold
  • wworld

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of world - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

owrld2wolrd2wordl2worldd1worlld1worrld1wrold2wworld1
Edit distance from "world"

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 "world"?
"world" is spelled W-O-R-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is [wɜː(ɹ)ld].
What does "world" mean?
As a noun, "world" means: kein Plural: der Planet Erde
What words are commonly confused with "world"?
"world" is commonly confused with "Wort", "wurd", "Worte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "world"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "world" is [wɜː(ɹ)ld]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "world" come from?
"world" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

apple#2,379einst#2,388Figur#2,391Griff#2,396

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

wartet8 variantsVoraus8 variantsBesitz8 variantsFormel8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list