Deichsel
[ˈdaɪ̯ksl̩]
The verdict
“Deichsel” is uncommon German (frequency #77,840 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,840
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stange oder Ausleger zum Ziehen und Lenken eines Anhängers, Wagens oder Fahrzeugs ohne eigenen Antrieb (durch z.B. einen Menschen, ein Pferd oder eine Zugmaschine)
Corpus desk
Index DE-deichsel · Deichsel · German
Deichsel · rank #77,840 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,840
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH dek
Nearest frequency peer: dek (+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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Deichsel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- debate
debate
22,163 corpus weight
- Deichsel
Deichsel
22,161 corpus weight
- dek
dek
22,160 corpus weight
- demente
demente
22,159 corpus weight
- dementen
dementen
22,158 corpus weight
- dementierte
dementierte
22,157 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Deichsel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Deichsel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdaɪ̯ksl̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,840 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Deichsel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Deichsel is uncommon German at frequency #77,840 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdaɪ̯ksl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Deichsel, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Deichsel, spelled D-E-I-C-H-S-E-L.
Definition
- 1Stange oder Ausleger zum Ziehen und Lenken eines Anhängers, Wagens oder Fahrzeugs ohne eigenen Antrieb (durch z.B. einen Menschen, ein Pferd oder eine Zugmaschine)
- 2Querbeil zur Holzbearbeitung in der Form einer Hacke beziehungsweise Haue, um unter anderem Rundholz zu entrinden und zu einem Balken zu behauen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Deichsel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Deichsel des Anhängers wird mittels einer Anhängerkupplung am Fahrrad befestigt.
„Isabella und ich lösten die verängstigten Pferde von der Deichsel, und Vanderbrecken stemmte sich mit aller Kraft gegen den Wagen.“
This word in other languages
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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