Wülfrath

[ˈvʏlfʁaːt]

/[ˈvʏlfʁaːt]/ name

The verdict

“Wülfrath” is uncommon German (frequency #62,115 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,115
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-wulfrath · Wülfrath · German

Wülfrath · rank #62,115 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,115
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH wässrigen

Nearest frequency peer: wässrigen (-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 „Wülfrath“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Wülfrath
PropertyValue
HeadwordWülfrath
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈvʏlfʁaːt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#62,115
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Wülfrath“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „wässrigen“ (#62,114), „zehrt“ (#62,117), „zeitaufwendig“ (#62,118). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „Wülfrath“ bei #62,115. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Wülfrath is uncommon German at frequency #62,115 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈvʏlfʁaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Wülfrath, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Wülfrath, spelled W-Ü-L-F-R-A-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Wülfrath liegt im Westen Deutschlands.

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 "Wülfrath"?
"Wülfrath" is spelled W-Ü-L-F-R-A-T-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvʏlfʁaːt].
What does "Wülfrath" mean?
As a proper noun, "Wülfrath" means: eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Wülfrath"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wülfrath" is [ˈvʏlfʁaːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wülfrath" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list