Wulst

/[vʊlst]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#95,154

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Wulst is aGermannoun. It means: längliche, rundliche Verdickung, Schwellung, Ansammlung oder Geschwulst Pronounced [vʊlst].

Key facts for Wulst
PropertyValue
HeadwordWulst
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[vʊlst]
Letters5
Frequency rank#95,154
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Wulst in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Wulst is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [vʊlst]. Corpus data places it at rank #95,154 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for Wulst in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Wulst, spelled W-U-L-S-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    längliche, rundliche Verdickung, Schwellung, Ansammlung oder Geschwulst
  2. 2
    dicker, länglicher, wurstartiger Gegenstand, der durch Zusammenrollen eines weichen Stoffes entsteht
  3. 3
    zwischen Helm und Helmzier eingesetzter Kranz
  4. 4
    wie [1] geformtes, verzierendes Element mit kreisförmigem Querschnitt bei Säulen, Gesimsen oder Ähnlichem

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #95,154 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Wulst"?
"Wulst" is spelled W-U-L-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [vʊlst].
What does "Wulst" mean?
As a noun, "Wulst" means: längliche, rundliche Verdickung, Schwellung, Ansammlung oder Geschwulst
How do you pronounce "Wulst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wulst" is [vʊlst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wulst" come from?
"Wulst" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.