gewaschen

/[ɡəˈvaʃn̩]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,730

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

gewaschen is aGermanverb. It means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs waschen Pronounced [ɡəˈvaʃn̩]. It ranks #9,730 in German word frequency. Often confused with Gläschen and gewichen.

Key facts for gewaschen
PropertyValue
Headwordgewaschen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɡəˈvaʃn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#9,730
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gewaschen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for gewaschen is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈvaʃn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,730 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs waschen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for gewaschen, with forms such as "egwaschen", "geawschen", and "gewascchen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Gläschen", "gewichen", "gewachsen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is gewaschen, spelled G-E-W-A-S-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs waschen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egwaschen,geawschen,gewascchen,gewascehn,gewaschenn,gewaschhen,gewaschne,gewashcen,gewasschen,gewsachen,gewwaschen,ggewaschen,gweaschen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gewaschen

Misspelling Variants of "gewaschen"

egwaschen9geawschen9gewascchen10gewascehn9gewaschenn10gewaschhen10gewaschne9gewashcen9
Misspelling Variants of "gewaschen"

Frequency rank: #9,730 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gewaschen"?
"gewaschen" is spelled G-E-W-A-S-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈvaʃn̩].
What does "gewaschen" mean?
As a verb, "gewaschen" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs waschen
What words are commonly confused with "gewaschen"?
"gewaschen" is commonly confused with "Gläschen", "gewichen", "gewachsen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gewaschen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gewaschen" is [ɡəˈvaʃn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gewaschen" come from?
"gewaschen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.