wach
[vax]
The verdict
“wach” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,867. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,867
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - nicht schlafend, bereits aus dem Schlaf erwacht oder noch nicht eingeschlafen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wach · wach · German
wach · rank #2,867 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,867
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Vorbereitung
Nearest frequency peer: Vorbereitung (-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 “wach”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- viertel
viertel
97,137 corpus weight
- vierten
vierten
97,136 corpus weight
- Vorbereitung
Vorbereitung
97,135 corpus weight
- wach
wach
97,134 corpus weight
- wachsen
wachsen
97,133 corpus weight
- wirft
wirft
97,132 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “wach” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wach |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [vax] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #2,867 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wach” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around wach (IPA [vax]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,867 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for wach, with forms such as "awch", "wacch", and "wachh". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "WC", "war", "was", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is wach, spelled W-A-C-H.
Definition
- 1nicht schlafend, bereits aus dem Schlaf erwacht oder noch nicht eingeschlafen
- 2einen guten Verstand, einen regen Geist habend; interessiert daran, begierig darauf, Eindrücke, Informationen zu erhalten und zu verarbeiten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wach appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach einem langen Arbeitstag hat Thomas Schwierigkeiten, wach zu bleiben.
Nicht mehr ganz wach, fuhr er trotzdem mit dem LKW los. Bald fiel er in einen Sekundenschlaf und kam fast von der Fahrbahn ab; da war er plötzlich wieder ganz wach.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- awch
- wacch
- wachh
- wahc
- wcah
- wwach
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wach - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wach", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
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.