Wunde

/[ˈvʊndə]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,852

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Wunde is aGermannoun. It means: offene Verletzung in der Haut oder im tieferliegenden Gewebe Pronounced [ˈvʊndə]. It ranks #7,852 in German word frequency. Often confused with wurd and wurde.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Wunde is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvʊndə]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,852 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Wunde, with forms such as "uwnde", "wnude", and "wudne". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "wurd", "wurde", "Wüste", 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 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 Wunde, spelled W-U-N-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: uwnde,wnude,wudne,wundde,wuned,wunnde,wwunde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Wunde

Misspelling Variants of "Wunde"

uwnde5wnude5wudne5wundde6wuned5wunnde6wwunde6
Misspelling Variants of "Wunde"

Frequency rank: #7,852 in German

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 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.