versuchsweise

[fɛɐ̯ˈzuːxsˌvaɪ̯zə]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈzuːxsˌvaɪ̯zə]/ adv

The verdict

“versuchsweise” is uncommon German (frequency #59,303 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,303
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (nur) um etwas zu überprüfen, zu testen; als Versuch

Corpus desk

Index DE-versuchsweise · versuchsweise · German

versuchsweise · rank #59,303 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,303
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verstörende

Nearest frequency peer: verstörende (-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 „versuchsweise“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „versuchsweise“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for versuchsweise
PropertyValue
Headwordversuchsweise
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈzuːxsˌvaɪ̯zə]
Letters13
Frequency rank#59,303
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „versuchsweise“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).versuchsweisefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verstörende“ (#59,302), „vertrauenswürdige“ (#59,304), „Verve“ (#59,305). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „versuchsweise“ bei #59,303. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

versuchsweise is uncommon German at frequency #59,303 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈzuːxsˌvaɪ̯zə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(nur) um etwas zu überprüfen, zu testen; als Versuch".

versuchsweise doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is versuchsweise, spelled V-E-R-S-U-C-H-S-W-E-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    (nur) um etwas zu überprüfen, zu testen; als Versuch

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how versuchsweise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Sie nimmt den Rat an, versuchsweise während der nächsten 2 Wochen ein Literatur Schlaf- und Traumtagebuch zu führen.“
  2. „Du kannst das besser beurteilen als ich; nur meine ich, du könntest es versuchsweise einmal von dieser Seite aus betrachten.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "versuchsweise"?
"versuchsweise" is spelled V-E-R-S-U-C-H-S-W-E-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈzuːxsˌvaɪ̯zə].
What does "versuchsweise" mean?
As an adverb, "versuchsweise" means: (nur) um etwas zu überprüfen, zu testen; als Versuch
How do you pronounce "versuchsweise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "versuchsweise" is [fɛɐ̯ˈzuːxsˌvaɪ̯zə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "versuchsweise" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "versuchsweise", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list