Depeschen
[deˈpɛʃn̩]
The verdict
“Depeschen” is uncommon German (frequency #85,109 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,109
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Depesche
Corpus desk
Index DE-depeschen · Depeschen · German
Depeschen · rank #85,109 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,109
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Denunzianten
Nearest frequency peer: Denunzianten (-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 “Depeschen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Deltas
Deltas
14,895 corpus weight
- Demokratieb…
Demokratiebewegung
14,894 corpus weight
- Denunzianten
Denunzianten
14,893 corpus weight
- Depeschen
Depeschen
14,892 corpus weight
- designierter
designierter
14,890 corpus weight
- Deuter
Deuter
14,889 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Depeschen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Depeschen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [deˈpɛʃn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #85,109 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Depeschen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Depeschen is uncommon German at frequency #85,109 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [deˈpɛʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Depeschen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Depeschen, spelled D-E-P-E-S-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Depesche
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Depesche
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Depesche
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Depesche
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 9 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.