Welle
\ˈvɛlə\
The verdict
“Welle” is uncommon French (frequency #87,255 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,255
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vague : ondulation à la surface d’un liquide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-welle · Welle · French
Welle · rank #87,255 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,255
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH warrants
Nearest frequency peer: warrants (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Welle »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- vraisemblab…
vraisemblables
12,749 corpus weight
- warrants
warrants
12,747 corpus weight
- Welle
Welle
12,746 corpus weight
- whig
whig
12,745 corpus weight
- whom
whom
12,744 corpus weight
- wieder
wieder
12,743 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Welle » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Welle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈvɛlə\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #87,255 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Welle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Welle is uncommon French at frequency #87,255 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈvɛlə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Welle in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Welle, spelled W-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Vague : ondulation à la surface d’un liquide.
- 2Onde.
- 3Vague : mouvement, afflux.
- 4Ondulation : ce qui évoque une vague au sens 1, par exemple pour une chevelure.
- 5Ola : sorte de vague générée par le mouvement coordonné des spectateurs.
- 6Arbre.
- 7Fagot.
- 8Sorte de mouvement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Welle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der ins Wasser fallende Stein verursachte einige kleinere Wellen.
Bei der Ausbreitung von elektromagnetischen Wellen unterscheidet man, ob man die Welle im sog. Nahfeld, also in unmittelbarer Nähe zur Quelle bzw. Antenne untersucht oder im Fernfeld, indem sich die Welle unabhängig von der Antenne als ebene Welle ausbreitet.
Synonyms
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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