wacher

[ˈvaxɐ]

/[ˈvaxɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“wacher” is uncommon German (frequency #62,076 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,076
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs wach

Corpus desk

Index DE-wacher · wacher · German

wacher · rank #62,076 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,076
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH völkerrechtsw…

Nearest frequency peer: völkerrechtswidrig (-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 „wacher“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „wacher“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for wacher
PropertyValue
Headwordwacher
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈvaxɐ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#62,076
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „wacher“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.wacherfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „völkerrechtswidrig“ (#62,075), „Wahlsonntag“ (#62,077), „väterlicherseits“ (#62,074). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „wacher“ bei #62,076. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wacher is uncommon German at frequency #62,076 among 2,930 “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

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs wach
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs wach
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs wach
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs wach
  5. 5
    Nominativ 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wacher"?
"wacher" is spelled W-A-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvaxɐ].
What does "wacher" mean?
As an adjective, "wacher" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs wach
How do you pronounce "wacher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wacher" is [ˈvaxɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wacher" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wacher", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Wimpel#62,102wohlen#62,106wolkig#62,108verlas#62,035

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list