Wachtel
[ˈvaxtl̩]
The verdict
“Wachtel” is uncommon German (frequency #62,992 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,992
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner Hühnervogel mit kurzem Schwanz und braunem, auf der Oberseite oft gelblich und schwarz gestreiftem Gefieder
Corpus desk
Index DE-wachtel · Wachtel · German
Wachtel · rank #62,992 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,992
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Vorstädte
Nearest frequency peer: Vorstädte (-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 „Wachtel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Vorleser
Vorleser
37,013 corpus weight
- Vorposten
Vorposten
37,012 corpus weight
- vorsingen
vorsingen
37,011 corpus weight
- Vorstädte
Vorstädte
37,010 corpus weight
- Wachtel
Wachtel
37,009 corpus weight
- wai
wai
37,006 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wachtel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wachtel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaxtl̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,992 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wachtel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wachtel is uncommon German at frequency #62,992 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaxtl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleiner Hühnervogel mit kurzem Schwanz und braunem, auf der Oberseite oft gelblich und schwarz gestreiftem Gefieder".
Wachtel has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Wachtel, spelled W-A-C-H-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1kleiner Hühnervogel mit kurzem Schwanz und braunem, auf der Oberseite oft gelblich und schwarz gestreiftem Gefieder
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wachtel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wachteln gelten bei Gourmets sowohl wegen ihrer Eier als auch wegen ihres Fleisches als Delikatesse.
„Die Wachteln waren weg, einfach weg.“
Synonyms
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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