Wilhelm

//ˈvil.xɛlm// name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,900

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Wilhelm is aSpanishname. It means: Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Guillermo Pronounced /ˈvil.xɛlm/.

Key facts for Wilhelm
PropertyValue
HeadwordWilhelm
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA/ˈvil.xɛlm/
Letters7
Frequency rank#33,900
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Wilhelm in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Wilhelm is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈvil.xɛlm/. Corpus data places it at rank #33,900 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Guillermo".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wilhelm, with forms such as "iwlhelm", "wihlelm", and "wilehlm". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Spanish form is Wilhelm, spelled W-I-L-H-E-L-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Guillermo

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iwlhelm,wihlelm,wilehlm,wilhellm,wilhelmm,wilheml,wilhhelm,wilhlem,willhelm,wlihelm,wwilhelm

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Wilhelm

Misspelling Variants of "Wilhelm"

iwlhelm7wihlelm7wilehlm7wilhellm8wilhelmm8wilheml7wilhhelm8wilhlem7
Misspelling Variants of "Wilhelm"

Frequency rank: #33,900 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Wilhelm"?
"Wilhelm" is spelled W-I-L-H-E-L-M. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈvil.xɛlm/.
What does "Wilhelm" mean?
As a name, "Wilhelm" means: Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Guillermo
What are common misspellings of "Wilhelm"?
Common misspellings include "iwlhelm", "wihlelm", "wilehlm", "wilhellm", "wilhelmm". The correct spelling is "Wilhelm".
How do you pronounce "Wilhelm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wilhelm" is /ˈvil.xɛlm/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wilhelm" come from?
"Wilhelm" is a Spanish 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.