Wabe
[ˈvaːbə]
The verdict
“Wabe” is uncommon German (frequency #79,918 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,918
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sechseckige Zelle als Teil eines von Insekten gebauten Nestes aus Wachs bei Honigbienen oder aus einer papierähnlichen Masse bei Wespen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wabe · Wabe · German
Wabe · rank #79,918 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,918
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Waal
Nearest frequency peer: Waal (-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 „Wabe“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Vorschulalt…
Vorschulalter
20,087 corpus weight
- Vroni
Vroni
20,085 corpus weight
- Waal
Waal
20,084 corpus weight
- Wabe
Wabe
20,083 corpus weight
- Wadern
Wadern
20,082 corpus weight
- Wappens
Wappens
20,079 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wabe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wabe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wabe is uncommon German at frequency #79,918 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaːbə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wabe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In die erste Wabe ihres Nestes legt die Königin befruchtete Eier, aus denen Larven schlüpfen.
Die künstliche Wabe besteht aus Plastik und umfasst 110 einzelne Zellen, die den Kammern einer natürlichen Wabe aus Wachs entsprechen.
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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