Wantenspanner
[ˈvantn̩ˌʃpanɐ]
The verdict
“Wantenspanner” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vorrichtung, um die Wanten und Stage (die Abstützungen des Mastes nach vorne, hinten und zur Seite) zu spannen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wantenspanner · Wantenspanner · German
Wantenspanner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Wantenspanner |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvantn̩ˌʃpanɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wantenspanner” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Wantenspanner is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvantn̩ˌʃpanɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vorrichtung, um die Wanten und Stage (die Abstützungen des Mastes nach vorne, hinten und zur Seite) zu spannen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Wantenspanner, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Wantenspanner, spelled W-A-N-T-E-N-S-P-A-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Vorrichtung, um die Wanten und Stage (die Abstützungen des Mastes nach vorne, hinten und zur Seite) zu spannen
This word in other languages
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