Geldwechsler
[ˈɡɛltˌvɛkslɐ]
The verdict
“Geldwechsler” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der berufsmäßig Geld umtauscht
Corpus desk
Index DE-geldwechsler · Geldwechsler · German
Geldwechsler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geldwechsler |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɛltˌvɛkslɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Geldwechsler“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Geldwechsler is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɛltˌvɛkslɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der berufsmäßig Geld umtauscht".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Geldwechsler, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Geldwechsler, spelled G-E-L-D-W-E-C-H-S-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der berufsmäßig Geld umtauscht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Geldwechsler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ich war etwas skeptisch gegenüber der Grenzstadt, die ja oft ein bisschen zwielichtig sind, voller Schwarzmarkthändler und aufdringlicher Geldwechsler, fand aber zu meiner Erleichterung eine ruhige, staubige Ortschaft vor.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.