Wams
[vams]
The verdict
“Wams” is an uncommon German word, ranked #70,982 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #70,982
- frequency rank, German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Kleidungsstück, das die Ritter unter ihrer Rüstung (Harnisch) oder ihrem Lentner trugen und das bis über die Hüften reichte
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wams |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [vams] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #70,982 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wams” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Wams is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [vams]. Corpus data places it at rank #70,982 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Wams doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Wams, spelled W-A-M-S.
Definition
- 1Kleidungsstück, das die Ritter unter ihrer Rüstung (Harnisch) oder ihrem Lentner trugen und das bis über die Hüften reichte
- 2für die Männerbekleidung in der Zeit des 16.–17. Jahrhunderts charakteristische Jacke, die oftmals wattiert und gesteppt war
- 3(insbesondere zu bestimmten Trachten gehöriges) zumeist hochgeschlossenes, eng anliegendes Kleidungsstück für Männer, das den Oberkörper bis zur Taille bedeckt
This word in other languages
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 “Wams”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-A-M-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [vams] (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.