Ölwechsel
[ˈøːlˌvɛksl̩]
The verdict
“Ölwechsel” is uncommon German (frequency #68,937 among 53 “Ö” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,937
- frequency rank, German
- 53
- “Ö” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Austausch von altem, verbrauchtem Öl durch neues
Corpus desk
Index DE-olwechsel · Ölwechsel · German
Ölwechsel · rank #68,937 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,937
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 53
- PHOTO-FINISH Ödland
Nearest frequency peer: Ödland (-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 „Ölwechsel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Äxte
Äxte
31,066 corpus weight
- Ödland
Ödland
31,065 corpus weight
- Ölwechsel
Ölwechsel
31,064 corpus weight
- überdreht
überdreht
31,063 corpus weight
- Überholmanö…
Überholmanöver
31,062 corpus weight
- übersenden
übersenden
31,061 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ölwechsel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ölwechsel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈøːlˌvɛksl̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,937 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ölwechsel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ölwechsel is uncommon German at frequency #68,937 among 53 “Ö” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈøːlˌvɛksl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Austausch von altem, verbrauchtem Öl durch neues".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ölwechsel, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Ölwechsel, spelled Ö-L-W-E-C-H-S-E-L.
Definition
- 1Austausch von altem, verbrauchtem Öl durch neues
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ölwechsel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mein Auto brauchte einen Ölwechsel.“
This word in other languages
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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