wary
[ˈwɛəɹɪ]
The verdict
“wary” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vorsichtig, wachsam, argwöhnisch, umsichtig, behutsam
Corpus desk
Index DE-wary · wary · German
wary · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | wary |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈwɛəɹɪ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wary“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wary is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈwɛəɹɪ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vorsichtig, wachsam, argwöhnisch, umsichtig, behutsam".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for wary, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is wary, spelled W-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1vorsichtig, wachsam, argwöhnisch, umsichtig, behutsam
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.