sowohl … wie auch
[zoˈvoːl … viː ˈʔaʊ̯x]
The verdict
“sowohl … wie auch” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das Eine und auch das Andere, auf die eine Art und Weise und auch auf die andere Art und Weise, so und auch so
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sowohl … wie auch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [zoˈvoːl … viː ˈʔaʊ̯x] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sowohl … wie auch” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for sowohl … wie auch is 17 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [zoˈvoːl … viː ˈʔaʊ̯x]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "das Eine und auch das Andere, auf die eine Art und Weise und auch auf die andere Art und Weise, so und auch so".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sowohl … wie auch, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 sowohl … wie auch, spelled S-O-W-O-H-L- -…- -W-I-E- -A-U-C-H.
Definition
- 1das Eine und auch das Andere, auf die eine Art und Weise und auch auf die andere Art und Weise, so und auch so
Synonyms
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.
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Using “sowohl … wie auch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-O-W-O-H-L- -…- -W-I-E- -A-U-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [zoˈvoːl … viː ˈʔaʊ̯x] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.