Wulst
[vʊlst]
The verdict
“Wulst” is uncommon German (frequency #95,154 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,154
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - längliche, rundliche Verdickung, Schwellung, Ansammlung oder Geschwulst
Corpus desk
Index DE-wulst · Wulst · German
Wulst · rank #95,154 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,154
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 38,697
- PHOTO-FINISH wunschlos
Nearest frequency peer: wunschlos (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Wulst”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Wohnheimen
Wohnheimen
4,851 corpus weight
- Wulst
Wulst
4,847 corpus weight
- wunschlos
wunschlos
4,846 corpus weight
- Wurzelwerk
Wurzelwerk
4,845 corpus weight
- Wutausbrüche
Wutausbrüche
4,844 corpus weight
- Wärmeerzeug…
Wärmeerzeugung
4,842 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Wulst” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wulst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [vʊlst] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #95,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wulst” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Wulst is uncommon German at frequency #95,154 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [vʊlst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Wulst in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Wulst, spelled W-U-L-S-T.
Definition
- 1längliche, rundliche Verdickung, Schwellung, Ansammlung oder Geschwulst
- 2dicker, länglicher, wurstartiger Gegenstand, der durch Zusammenrollen eines weichen Stoffes entsteht
- 3zwischen Helm und Helmzier eingesetzter Kranz
- 4wie [1] geformtes, verzierendes Element mit kreisförmigem Querschnitt bei Säulen, Gesimsen oder Ähnlichem
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Wulst", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.