wunderlich
[ˈvʊndɐlɪç]
The verdict
“wunderlich” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,578. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,578
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kennzeichnend für Eigenarten und das Handeln Gottes
Corpus desk
Index DE-wunderlich · wunderlich · German
wunderlich · rank #27,578 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #27,578
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wund
Nearest frequency peer: wund (-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 “wunderlich”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Wirtin
Wirtin
72,426 corpus weight
- Wisconsin
Wisconsin
72,425 corpus weight
- wund
wund
72,424 corpus weight
- wunderlich
wunderlich
72,423 corpus weight
- zerbrach
zerbrach
72,421 corpus weight
- Zi
Zi
72,420 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “wunderlich” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wunderlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvʊndɐlɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #27,578 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “wunderlich” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around wunderlich (IPA [ˈvʊndɐlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,578 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for wunderlich, with forms such as "uwnderlich", "wnuderlich", and "wudnerlich". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "widerlich", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is wunderlich, spelled W-U-N-D-E-R-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1kennzeichnend für Eigenarten und das Handeln Gottes
- 2merkwürdig, so dass es befremdend wirkt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wunderlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ohne Gottes wunderlichen Beistand hätte ich das nicht geschafft.
Unsere wunderliche Nachbarin geht täglich mit ihrer Katze Gassi.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- uwnderlich
- wnuderlich
- wudnerlich
- wundderlich
- wundelrich
- wunderilch
- wunderlcih
- wunderlicch
- wunderlichh
- wunderlihc
- wunderllich
- wunderrlich
- wundrelich
- wunedrlich
- wunnderlich
- wwunderlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wunderlich - 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.
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
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wunderlich", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "wunderlich". Here's where to go from here.
- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "widerlich". View pair
- 16 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #27,578 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "W" letter cohort. W–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.