Währung

/[ˈvɛːʁʊŋ]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,261

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

Währung is aGermannoun. It means: staatlich geregeltes Geldwesen Pronounced [ˈvɛːʁʊŋ]. It ranks #7,261 in German word frequency. Often confused with Wohnung and Warnung.

Key facts for Währung
PropertyValue
HeadwordWährung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈvɛːʁʊŋ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,261
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Währung in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Währung is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvɛːʁʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,261 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "staatlich geregeltes Geldwesen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Währung, with forms such as "whärung", "wwährung", and "wähhrung". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Wohnung", "Warnung", "Wartung", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Währung, spelled W-Ä-H-R-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    staatlich geregeltes Geldwesen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: whärung,wwährung,wähhrung,währnug,währrung,währugn,währungg,währunng,wähurng,wärhung,äwhrung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Währung

Misspelling Variants of "Währung"

whärung7wwährung8wähhrung8währnug7währrung8währugn7währungg8währunng8
Misspelling Variants of "Währung"

Frequency rank: #7,261 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Währung"?
"Währung" is spelled W-Ä-H-R-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɛːʁʊŋ].
What does "Währung" mean?
As a noun, "Währung" means: staatlich geregeltes Geldwesen
What words are commonly confused with "Währung"?
"Währung" is commonly confused with "Wohnung", "Warnung", "Wartung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Währung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Währung" is [ˈvɛːʁʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Währung" come from?
"Währung" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.