Tellerwäscher
[ˈtɛlɐˌvɛʃɐ]
The verdict
“Tellerwäscher” is uncommon German (frequency #75,119 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,119
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (männliche) Person, die als Hilfskraft in der Gastronomie schmutziges Geschirr spült
Corpus desk
Index DE-tellerwascher · Tellerwäscher · German
Tellerwäscher · rank #75,119 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,119
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH teilnahmslos
Nearest frequency peer: teilnahmslos (-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 „Tellerwäscher“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Tauschhandel
Tauschhandel
24,887 corpus weight
- Teenagers
Teenagers
24,885 corpus weight
- teilnahmslos
teilnahmslos
24,883 corpus weight
- Tellerwäsch…
Tellerwäscher
24,882 corpus weight
- Terrorakt
Terrorakt
24,880 corpus weight
- Theaterbühne
Theaterbühne
24,878 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Tellerwäscher“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tellerwäscher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtɛlɐˌvɛʃɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #75,119 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tellerwäscher“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tellerwäscher is uncommon German at frequency #75,119 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtɛlɐˌvɛʃɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(männliche) Person, die als Hilfskraft in der Gastronomie schmutziges Geschirr spült".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Tellerwäscher, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Tellerwäscher, spelled T-E-L-L-E-R-W-Ä-S-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1(männliche) Person, die als Hilfskraft in der Gastronomie schmutziges Geschirr spült
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Tellerwäscher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Leben mit seiner herrschsüchtigen Mutter ekelt ihn an; frühmorgens klettert er über die Mauer des feudalen Familiensitzes und fährt mit dem Boot nach Paris, wo er als Tellerwäscher oder Fensterputzer arbeitet – und wegen Unfähigkeit ständig gefeuert wird.“
Synonyms
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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