Wabe
[ˈvaːbə]
The verdict
“Wabe” is an uncommon German word, ranked #79,918 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #79,918
- frequency rank, German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sechseckige Zelle als Teil eines von Insekten gebauten Nestes aus Wachs bei Honigbienen oder aus einer papierähnlichen Masse bei Wespen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wabe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaːbə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #79,918 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wabe” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Wabe is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvaːbə]. Corpus data places it at rank #79,918 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for Wabe in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Wabe, spelled W-A-B-E.
Definition
- 1sechseckige Zelle als Teil eines von Insekten gebauten Nestes aus Wachs bei Honigbienen oder aus einer papierähnlichen Masse bei Wespen
- 2Zelle eines Musters aus flächig angeordneten sechseckigen Hohlräumen
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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Using “Wabe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-A-B-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈvaːbə] (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.