Warterei
[vaʁtəˈʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Warterei” is uncommon German (frequency #75,232 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,232
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - längeres Warten
Corpus desk
Index DE-warterei · Warterei · German
Warterei · rank #75,232 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,232
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Walen
Nearest frequency peer: Walen (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Warterei“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Waldorfschu…
Waldorfschulen
24,772 corpus weight
- Waldsterben
Waldsterben
24,771 corpus weight
- Walen
Walen
24,770 corpus weight
- Warterei
Warterei
24,769 corpus weight
- Wasserlauf
Wasserlauf
24,768 corpus weight
- Wasserläufe
Wasserläufe
24,767 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Warterei“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Warterei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [vaʁtəˈʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,232 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Warterei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Warterei is uncommon German at frequency #75,232 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [vaʁtəˈʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "längeres Warten".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Warterei, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Warterei, spelled W-A-R-T-E-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1längeres Warten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Warterei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die fünfstündige Warterei brachte die etwas temperamentvolleren Passagiere noch weiter auf die Palme, was zu einem massiven Hupkonzert führte, das zwar nichts an der Tatsache änderte, wohl aber die Stimmung der Teilnehmer hob.“
Synonyms
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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