wunderschön
[ˌvʊndɐˈʃøːn]
The verdict
“wunderschön” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,242. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,242
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - außerordentlich schön
Corpus desk
Index DE-wunderschon · wunderschön · German
wunderschön · rank #4,242 · 18 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,242
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH woran
Nearest frequency peer: woran (-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 “wunderschön”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- wirkte
wirkte
95,761 corpus weight
- woran
woran
95,760 corpus weight
- wunderschön
wunderschön
95,759 corpus weight
- ähnliches
ähnliches
95,758 corpus weight
- übernahm
übernahm
95,757 corpus weight
- abkommen
abkommen
95,756 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “wunderschön” 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 | wunderschön |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌvʊndɐˈʃøːn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #4,242 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “wunderschön” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around wunderschön (IPA [ˌvʊndɐˈʃøːn]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,242 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "außerordentlich schön".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for wunderschön, with forms such as "uwnderschön", "wnuderschön", and "wudnerschön". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "wunderschöne", "wunderschönen", "wunderschönes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is wunderschön, spelled W-U-N-D-E-R-S-C-H-Ö-N.
Definition
- 1außerordentlich schön
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wunderschön appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein wunderschöner Sonnenuntergang.
An einem Tag, so wunderschön wie heute, ist es dann passiert.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- uwnderschön
- wnuderschön
- wudnerschön
- wundderschön
- wundercshön
- wunderrschön
- wunderscchön
- wunderschhön
- wunderschnö
- wunderschönn
- wunderscöhn
- wundershcön
- wundersschön
- wundesrchön
- wundreschön
- wunedrschön
- wunnderschön
- wwunderschön
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wunderschön - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wunderschön", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "wunderschön". Here's where to go from here.
- "wunderschön" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "wunderschöne". View pair
- 18 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #4,242 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.