Wagnis

[ˈvaːknɪs]

/[ˈvaːknɪs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Wagnis” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,299. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,299
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sachverhalt, der mit Gefahren und eine Handlung, die mit einem bewusst eingegangenen Risiko verbunden ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-wagnis · Wagnis · German

Wagnis · rank #37,299 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,299
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Vorhinein

Nearest frequency peer: Vorhinein (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Wagnis“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Wagnis“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Wagnis vs wants
50% similar
Wagnis vs Wallis
67% similar
Wagnis vs Wagner
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Wagnis
PropertyValue
HeadwordWagnis
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈvaːknɪs]
Letters6
Frequency rank#37,299
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Wagnis“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Wagnisliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Vorhinein“ (#37,298), „vorgemacht“ (#37,297), „Warenhaus“ (#37,301). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „Wagnis“ bei #37,299. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Wagnis (IPA [ˈvaːknɪs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,299 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sachverhalt, der mit Gefahren und eine Handlung, die mit einem bewusst eingegangenen Risiko verbunden ist".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wagnis, with forms such as "awgnis", "waggnis", and "wagins". 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. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "wants", "Wallis", "Wagner", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Wagnis, spelled W-A-G-N-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sachverhalt, der mit Gefahren und eine Handlung, die mit einem bewusst eingegangenen Risiko verbunden ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Wagnis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „‚Alles Große, meine Damen und Herren, ist ein Wagnis.‘ So hob Bundeskanzler Konrad Adenauer (CDU) die Bedeutung des Montanunionvertrags hervor, unter den er am 18. April 1951 seine Unterschrift setzte.“
  2. „Wagnis wird nicht von einer Todessehnsucht bestimmt, sondern von einer Lebenssehnsucht, die einen Sinngrund sucht.“

This word in other languages

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • awgnis
  • waggnis
  • wagins
  • wagniss
  • wagnnis
  • wagnsi
  • wangis
  • wganis
  • wwagnis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wagnis - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

awgnis2waggnis1wagins2wagniss1wagnnis1wagnsi2wangis2wganis2
Edit distance from "Wagnis"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Wagnis"?
"Wagnis" is spelled W-A-G-N-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvaːknɪs].
What does "Wagnis" mean?
As a noun, "Wagnis" means: Sachverhalt, der mit Gefahren und eine Handlung, die mit einem bewusst eingegangenen Risiko verbunden ist
What words are commonly confused with "Wagnis"?
"Wagnis" is commonly confused with "wants", "Wallis", "Wagner". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Wagnis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wagnis" is [ˈvaːknɪs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wagnis" come from?
"Wagnis" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Wagnis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Äquator9 variantsTheben9 variantsAttitüde9 variantsAusbaus9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list