wagon-lit
[vaɡɔ̃li]
The verdict
“wagon-lit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schlafwagen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wagon-lit · wagon-lit · German
wagon-lit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wagon-lit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [vaɡɔ̃li] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wagon-lit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wagon-lit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [vaɡɔ̃li]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schlafwagen".
No misspelling variants are generated for wagon-lit in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is wagon-lit, spelled W-A-G-O-N---L-I-T.
Definition
- 1Schlafwagen
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.