würfeln
[ˈvʏʁfl̩n]
The verdict
“würfeln” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,577. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,577
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit einem Würfel spielen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wurfeln · würfeln · German
würfeln · rank #22,577 · 11 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,577
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wölfen
Nearest frequency peer: Wölfen (-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 „würfeln“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- wirf
wirf
77,428 corpus weight
- wirkliches
wirkliches
77,427 corpus weight
- wurscht
wurscht
77,426 corpus weight
- Wölfen
Wölfen
77,425 corpus weight
- würfeln
würfeln
77,424 corpus weight
- Yamaha
Yamaha
77,423 corpus weight
What this shows „würfeln“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | würfeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvʏʁfl̩n] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #22,577 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „würfeln“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around würfeln (IPA [ˈvʏʁfl̩n]), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,577 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for würfeln, with forms such as "wrüfeln", "wwürfeln", and "wüfreln". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Wurzel", "würgen", "würzen", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is würfeln, spelled W-Ü-R-F-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1mit einem Würfel spielen
- 2eine bestimmte Zahl mit einem Würfel werfen
- 3ein Nahrungsmittel in kleine Stücke, Würfel schneiden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how würfeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mit Franz darfst du niemals um Geld würfeln, der betrügt!
„Ich habe manchmal mit dem Schiffsarzt gewürfelt, der auch nichts Besseres zu tun hatte, denn seekrank konnten die Leute ohne ihn sein, und andere Krankheiten hatten sie nicht.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- wrüfeln
- wwürfeln
- wüfreln
- würefln
- würfelln
- würfelnn
- würfenl
- würffeln
- würflen
- würrfeln
- üwrfeln
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of würfeln - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "würfeln", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).