Wunschzettel
[ˈvʊnʃˌt͡sɛtl̩]
The verdict
“Wunschzettel” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,404. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,404
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Blatt Papier, auf dem man seine Wünsche auflistet (besonders Kinder zu Weihnachten, Geburtstagen oder anderen Festtagen)
Corpus desk
Index DE-wunschzettel · Wunschzettel · German
Wunschzettel · rank #49,404 · 18 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,404
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH writer
Nearest frequency peer: writer (-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 „Wunschzettel“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Wotan
Wotan
50,601 corpus weight
- Wracks
Wracks
50,599 corpus weight
- writer
writer
50,598 corpus weight
- Wunschzettel
Wunschzettel
50,597 corpus weight
- Xanten
Xanten
50,595 corpus weight
- Yankees
Yankees
50,594 corpus weight
What this shows „Wunschzettel“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wunschzettel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvʊnʃˌt͡sɛtl̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #49,404 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Wunschzettel“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around Wunschzettel (IPA [ˈvʊnʃˌt͡sɛtl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,404 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ein Blatt Papier, auf dem man seine Wünsche auflistet (besonders Kinder zu Weihnachten, Geburtstagen oder anderen Festtagen)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wunschzettel, with forms such as "uwnschzettel", "wnuschzettel", and "wuncshzettel". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Wunschzettel, spelled W-U-N-S-C-H-Z-E-T-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1ein Blatt Papier, auf dem man seine Wünsche auflistet (besonders Kinder zu Weihnachten, Geburtstagen oder anderen Festtagen)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wunschzettel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie war fünfzehn, als sie zu Weihnachten auf ihren Wunschzettel schrieb: Die Arnsburg.“
„Jan Simak steht bei Bundesliga-Clubs auf dem Wunschzettel.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- uwnschzettel
- wnuschzettel
- wuncshzettel
- wunnschzettel
- wunscchzettel
- wunschezttel
- wunschhzettel
- wunschzetel
- wunschzetetl
- wunschzettell
- wunschzettle
- wunschztetel
- wunschzzettel
- wunsczhettel
- wunshczettel
- wunsschzettel
- wusnchzettel
- wwunschzettel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wunschzettel - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Wunschzettel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).