Waagschale
[ˈvaːkˌʃaːlə]
The verdict
“Waagschale” is uncommon German (frequency #57,553 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,553
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Behälter zur Aufnahme des zu wiegenden Objekts bei einer Waage
Corpus desk
Index DE-waagschale · Waagschale · German
Waagschale · rank #57,553 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,553
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Warlords
Nearest frequency peer: Warlords (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Waagschale”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- vorzügliche
vorzügliche
42,450 corpus weight
- Waagschale
Waagschale
42,448 corpus weight
- Warlords
Warlords
42,447 corpus weight
- Warteschlan…
Warteschlangen
42,446 corpus weight
- wasserdichte
wasserdichte
42,445 corpus weight
- wasserfest
wasserfest
42,444 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Waagschale” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Waagschale |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaːkˌʃaːlə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,553 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Waagschale” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Waagschale is uncommon German at frequency #57,553 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaːkˌʃaːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Behälter zur Aufnahme des zu wiegenden Objekts bei einer Waage".
Waagschale has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Waagschale, spelled W-A-A-G-S-C-H-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Behälter zur Aufnahme des zu wiegenden Objekts bei einer Waage
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Waagschale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hätte noch ungeschlachter sein, sich noch einfältiger anstellen können, – das fiel nicht weiter in die Waagschale.
Diese Sünde sank so schwer in die göttliche Waagschale, daß ihr Gewicht den Herrn und den Knecht wohl erdrücken konnte.
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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