Waage

/[ˈvaːɡə]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,969

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Waage is aGermannoun. It means: Messgerät zur Bestimmung des Gewichtes Pronounced [ˈvaːɡə]. Often confused with Wege and Ware.

Key facts for Waage
PropertyValue
HeadwordWaage
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈvaːɡə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#10,969
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Waage is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvaːɡə]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,969 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Waage, with forms such as "awage", "waaeg", and "waagge". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Wege", "Ware", "wagt", 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 Waage, spelled W-A-A-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Messgerät zur Bestimmung des Gewichtes
  2. 2
    Gerät zur Prüfung der waagerechten oder senkrechten Ausrichtung von Objekten
  3. 3
    ein Sternbild auf der Südhalbkugel
  4. 4
    eines der zwölf Tierkreiszeichen/Sternzeichen für die Zeit vom 24.9. bis 23.10.
  5. 5
    im Sternzeichen Waage geborene Person
  6. 6
    Übungselement, bei dem der Körper in einer waagerechten Lage im Gleichgewicht gehalten wird
  7. 7
    Drachenwaage
  8. 8
    Gewicht (in der alten Schreibweise Wage)

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: awage,waaeg,waagge,wagae,wwaage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Waage

Misspelling Variants of "Waage"

awage5waaeg5waagge6wagae5wwaage6
Misspelling Variants of "Waage"

Frequency rank: #10,969 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Waage"?
"Waage" is spelled W-A-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvaːɡə].
What does "Waage" mean?
As a noun, "Waage" means: Messgerät zur Bestimmung des Gewichtes
What words are commonly confused with "Waage"?
"Waage" is commonly confused with "Wege", "Ware", "wagt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Waage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Waage" is [ˈvaːɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Waage" come from?
"Waage" 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.