Waffenhersteller
[ˈvafn̩ˌheːɐ̯ʃtɛlɐ]
The verdict
“Waffenhersteller” is uncommon German (frequency #95,099 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,099
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unternehmen, das Waffen produziert; das Waffen entwickelt, baut und verkauft
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Waffenhersteller |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvafn̩ˌheːɐ̯ʃtɛlɐ] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #95,099 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Waffenhersteller” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Waffenhersteller is uncommon German at frequency #95,099 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvafn̩ˌheːɐ̯ʃtɛlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unternehmen, das Waffen produziert; das Waffen entwickelt, baut und verkauft".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Waffenhersteller, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Waffenhersteller, spelled W-A-F-F-E-N-H-E-R-S-T-E-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Unternehmen, das Waffen produziert; das Waffen entwickelt, baut und verkauft
Synonyms
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 “Waffenhersteller”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-A-F-F-E-N-H-E-R-S-T-E-L-L-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.