Wolff

name

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The verdict

“Wolff” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,410. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,410
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-wolff · Wolff · French

Wolff · rank #28,410 · 5 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,410
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH Weinstein

Nearest frequency peer: Weinstein (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Wolff »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Wolff » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Wolff vs wolof
60% similar
Wolff vs Wolf
80% similar
Wolff vs wola
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Wolff
PropertyValue
HeadwordWolff
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#28,410
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Wolff »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Wolffse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Weinstein » (#28,409), « works » (#28,411), « wee » (#28,408). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « Wolff » est au #28,410. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around Wolff, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #28,410 among 549 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wolff, with forms such as "owlff", "wloff", and "woflf". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "wolof", "Wolf", "wola", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Wolff, spelled W-O-L-F-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Wolff appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Je savais aussi que cette Catherine Wolff avait laissé mourir son premier mari, qu’elle en était à sa deuxième fausse couche.
  2. Chez Brest’aim, Maïa Wolff n’exclut pas la perspective d'une embauche.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • owlff
  • wloff
  • woflf
  • wollff
  • wwolff

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wolff - 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.

owlff2wloff2woflf2wollff1wwolff1
Edit distance from "Wolff"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Wolff"?
"Wolff" is spelled W-O-L-F-F.
What does "Wolff" mean?
As a proper noun, "Wolff" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Wolff"?
"Wolff" is commonly confused with "wolof", "Wolf", "wola". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Wolff" come from?
"Wolff" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Wolff", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

works#28,411vomis#28,404Vicky#28,400sunny#28,364

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

étau5 variantsuniv5 variantsapex5 variantsbean5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list