wacher
[ˈvaxɐ]
The verdict
“wacher” is uncommon German (frequency #62,076 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,076
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs wach
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wacher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvaxɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,076 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wacher” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
wacher is uncommon German at frequency #62,076 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈvaxɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wacher, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is wacher, spelled W-A-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs wach
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs wach
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs wach
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs wach
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs wach
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 “wacher”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-A-C-H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈvaxɐ] (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.