Wunde

[ˈvʊndə]

/[ˈvʊndə]/ noun

The verdict

“Wunde” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,852. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,852
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - offene Verletzung in der Haut oder im tieferliegenden Gewebe

Corpus desk

Index DE-wunde · Wunde · German

Wunde · rank #7,852 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,852
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Witwe

Nearest frequency peer: Witwe (-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 „Wunde“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Wunde“ 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).

Wunde vs wurd
40% similar
Wunde vs wurde
60% similar
Wunde vs Wüste
40% similar

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

Key facts for Wunde
PropertyValue
HeadwordWunde
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈvʊndə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,852
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Wunde“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Wundeliegt 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: „Witwe“ (#7,851), „wähle“ (#7,853), „Wälder“ (#7,854). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „Wunde“ bei #7,852. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Wunde (IPA [ˈvʊndə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,852 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wunde, with forms such as "uwnde", "wnude", and "wudne". 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, "wurd", "wurde", "Wüste", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Wunde, spelled W-U-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    offene Verletzung in der Haut oder im tieferliegenden Gewebe
  2. 2
    psychische Verletzung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Kontrahenten fügten sich mit dem Schwert gegenseitig tiefe Wunden zu.
  2. „Was er eine ernste Wunde nannte, wußte sie aus seiner Vergangenheit.“

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • uwnde
  • wnude
  • wudne
  • wundde
  • wuned
  • wunnde
  • wwunde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wunde - 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.

uwnde2wnude2wudne2wundde1wuned2wunnde1wwunde1
Edit distance from "Wunde"

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 "Wunde"?
"Wunde" is spelled W-U-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvʊndə].
What does "Wunde" mean?
As a noun, "Wunde" means: offene Verletzung in der Haut oder im tieferliegenden Gewebe
What words are commonly confused with "Wunde"?
"Wunde" is commonly confused with "wurd", "wurde", "Wüste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Wunde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wunde" is [ˈvʊndə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wunde" come from?
"Wunde" 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?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list