Wanze

/[ˈvant͡sə]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#63,000

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Wanze is aGermannoun. It means: eine Unterordnung der Insekten innerhalb der Schnabelkerfen Pronounced [ˈvant͡sə].

Key facts for Wanze
PropertyValue
HeadwordWanze
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈvant͡sə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#63,000
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Wanze is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvant͡sə]. Corpus data places it at rank #63,000 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.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Wanze in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Wanze, spelled W-A-N-Z-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Unterordnung der Insekten innerhalb der Schnabelkerfen
  2. 2
    kleines Abhörmikrofon, oft von Spionen verwendet
  3. 3
    für einen lästigen, schmarotzenden Menschen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #63,000 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Wanze"?
"Wanze" is spelled W-A-N-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvant͡sə].
What does "Wanze" mean?
As a noun, "Wanze" means: eine Unterordnung der Insekten innerhalb der Schnabelkerfen
How do you pronounce "Wanze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wanze" is [ˈvant͡sə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wanze" come from?
"Wanze" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.