drahtlose

[ˈdʁaːtloːzə]

/[ˈdʁaːtloːzə]/ adj

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The verdict

“drahtlose” is uncommon German (frequency #58,683 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,683
frequency rank, German
45,632
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs drahtlos

Key facts for drahtlose
PropertyValue
Headworddrahtlose
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈdʁaːtloːzə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#58,683
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “drahtlose” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). drahtlose lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

drahtlose is uncommon German at frequency #58,683 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈdʁaːtloːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for drahtlose in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 drahtlose, spelled D-R-A-H-T-L-O-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs drahtlos
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs drahtlos
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs drahtlos
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs drahtlos
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs drahtlos
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs drahtlos
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs drahtlos
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs drahtlos
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs drahtlos

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "drahtlose"?
"drahtlose" is spelled D-R-A-H-T-L-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdʁaːtloːzə].
What does "drahtlose" mean?
As an adjective, "drahtlose" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs drahtlos
How do you pronounce "drahtlose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "drahtlose" is [ˈdʁaːtloːzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "drahtlose" come from?
"drahtlose" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “drahtlose”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is D-R-A-H-T-L-O-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈdʁaːtloːzə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list