Wachposten
[ˈvaxˌpɔstn̩]
The verdict
“Wachposten” is uncommon German (frequency #82,321 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,321
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mensch, der die Aufgabe hat, aufzupassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wachposten · Wachposten · German
Wachposten · rank #82,321 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,321
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH völkerrechtli…
Nearest frequency peer: völkerrechtlicher (-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 „Wachposten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Vorstrafe
Vorstrafe
17,684 corpus weight
- vortäuscht
vortäuscht
17,683 corpus weight
- völkerrecht…
völkerrechtlicher
17,681 corpus weight
- Wachposten
Wachposten
17,680 corpus weight
- Waffensystem
Waffensystem
17,679 corpus weight
- Wahlfälschu…
Wahlfälschung
17,677 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wachposten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wachposten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaxˌpɔstn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #82,321 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wachposten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wachposten is uncommon German at frequency #82,321 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaxˌpɔstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Wachposten doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Wachposten, spelled W-A-C-H-P-O-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Mensch, der die Aufgabe hat, aufzupassen
- 2Ort, wo Wache gehalten wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wachposten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Verbotenerweise rauchte der Wachposten eine Zigarette, deren Glühen man weit sehen konnte.
„Außerdem würde die Dunkelheit unsere Flucht begünstigen, denn wir mußten damit rechnen, daß Don Pedro entlang der Küste Wachposten aufgestellt hatte.“
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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