Waffenstillstand
[ˈvafn̩ˌʃtɪlʃtant]
The verdict
“Waffenstillstand” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #14,206 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #14,206
- frequency rank, German
- 16
- letters
- 23
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vereinbarung zur Unterbrechung der Kämpfe in einem bewaffneten Konflikt – meist um Friedensverhandlungen zu führen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Waffenstillstand |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvafn̩ˌʃtɪlʃtant] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #14,206 |
| Misspellings tracked | 23 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Waffenstillstand” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Waffenstillstand is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvafn̩ˌʃtɪlʃtant]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,206 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Vereinbarung zur Unterbrechung der Kämpfe in einem bewaffneten Konflikt – meist um Friedensverhandlungen zu führen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for Waffenstillstand, with forms such as "awffenstillstand", "wafefnstillstand", and "wafenstillstand". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Waffenstillstand, spelled W-A-F-F-E-N-S-T-I-L-L-S-T-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Vereinbarung zur Unterbrechung der Kämpfe in einem bewaffneten Konflikt – meist um Friedensverhandlungen zu führen
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: awffenstillstand,wafefnstillstand,wafenstillstand,waffennstillstand,waffensitllstand,waffensstillstand,waffenstillsatnd,waffenstillsstand,waffenstillstadn,waffenstillstandd,waffenstillstannd,waffenstillstnad,waffenstillsttand,waffenstilltsand,waffenstilsltand,waffenstilstand,waffenstlilstand,waffensttillstand,waffentsillstand,waffesntillstand,waffnestillstand,wfafenstillstand,wwaffenstillstand
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Waffenstillstand - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Waffenstillstand”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-A-F-F-E-N-S-T-I-L-L-S-T-A-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈvafn̩ˌʃtɪlʃtant] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.