Extrawurst

[ˈɛkstʁaˌvʊʁst]

/[ˈɛkstʁaˌvʊʁst]/ noun

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The verdict

“Extrawurst” is uncommon German (frequency #91,566 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,566
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - besonders feine Brühwurstsorte, die mit Knoblauch gewürzt ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-extrawurst · Extrawurst · German

Extrawurst · rank #91,566 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,566
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Expertenmeinu…

Nearest frequency peer: Expertenmeinung (-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 „Extrawurst“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Extrawurst“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Extrawurst
PropertyValue
HeadwordExtrawurst
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɛkstʁaˌvʊʁst]
Letters10
Frequency rank#91,566
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Extrawurst“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Extrawurstfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Expertenmeinung“ (#91,565), „fachkundig“ (#91,567), „Exekutivkomitees“ (#91,564). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Extrawurst“ bei #91,566. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Extrawurst is uncommon German at frequency #91,566 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛkstʁaˌvʊʁst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Extrawurst in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented 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 Extrawurst, spelled E-X-T-R-A-W-U-R-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    besonders feine Brühwurstsorte, die mit Knoblauch gewürzt ist
  2. 2
    bevorzugte Behandlung, besonderer Weg für einen Einzelnen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „‚Grüß Gott, ich hätt’ gern 25 Deka Extrawurst.‘ So geht in Wien die fachgerechte Bestellung eines halben Pfunds Frischwurst.“
  2. In der Mädchenfußballmannschaft geht es hart aber gerecht zu: Extrawürste gibt es auch nicht für die verwöhntesten unter den Gören.

This word in other languages

régime de faveur(Français)

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 "Extrawurst"?
"Extrawurst" is spelled E-X-T-R-A-W-U-R-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛkstʁaˌvʊʁst].
What does "Extrawurst" mean?
As a noun, "Extrawurst" means: besonders feine Brühwurstsorte, die mit Knoblauch gewürzt ist
How do you pronounce "Extrawurst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Extrawurst" is [ˈɛkstʁaˌvʊʁst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Extrawurst" come from?
"Extrawurst" is a German 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 German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fachkundig#91,567Fahrstühle#91,568Ethnologen#91,558Filmrollen#91,580

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list