anwuchs
[ˈanˌvuːks]
The verdict
“anwuchs” is uncommon German (frequency #95,256 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,256
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs anwachsen
Corpus desk
Index DE-anwuchs · anwuchs · German
anwuchs · rank #95,256 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,256
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 113,935
- PHOTO-FINISH Antwerpener
Nearest frequency peer: Antwerpener (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “anwuchs”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Anstands
Anstands
4,749 corpus weight
- Antiquar
Antiquar
4,748 corpus weight
- Antwerpener
Antwerpener
4,746 corpus weight
- anwuchs
anwuchs
4,745 corpus weight
- anzufeuern
anzufeuern
4,744 corpus weight
- anzufragen
anzufragen
4,743 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “anwuchs” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anwuchs |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌvuːks] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,256 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “anwuchs” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
anwuchs is uncommon German at frequency #95,256 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌvuːks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
anwuchs doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is anwuchs, spelled A-N-W-U-C-H-S.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs anwachsen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs anwachsen
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.