Waffeleisen
[ˈvafl̩ˌʔaɪ̯zn̩]
The verdict
“Waffeleisen” is uncommon German (frequency #68,867 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,867
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerät zum Backen von Waffeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-waffeleisen · Waffeleisen · German
Waffeleisen · rank #68,867 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,867
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Vulkanen
Nearest frequency peer: Vulkanen (-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 „Waffeleisen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- vormalige
vormalige
31,137 corpus weight
- Vulkanen
Vulkanen
31,135 corpus weight
- Waffeleisen
Waffeleisen
31,134 corpus weight
- Walldürn
Walldürn
31,133 corpus weight
- wankt
wankt
31,132 corpus weight
- warben
warben
31,131 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Waffeleisen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Waffeleisen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvafl̩ˌʔaɪ̯zn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #68,867 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Waffeleisen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Waffeleisen is uncommon German at frequency #68,867 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvafl̩ˌʔaɪ̯zn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerät zum Backen von Waffeln".
No misspelling variants are generated for Waffeleisen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Waffeleisen, spelled W-A-F-F-E-L-E-I-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Gerät zum Backen von Waffeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Waffeleisen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
…daß Frau Svahn das Bedürfniß fühlte, sich eines der prächtigen, neuen Waffeleisen zuzulegen, mit denen man fünf Waffeln auf einmal backen kann.
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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