Wäsche

/[ˈvɛʃə]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,614

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Wäsche is aGermannoun. It means: Gesamtheit mehrerer Kleidungs- und Textilstücke, die kürzlich gewaschen wurden oder gewaschen werden sollen Pronounced [ˈvɛʃə]. It ranks #6,614 in German word frequency. Often confused with wash and Woche.

Key facts for Wäsche
PropertyValue
HeadwordWäsche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈvɛʃə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,614
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Wäsche is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvɛʃə]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,614 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Wäsche, with forms such as "wsäche", "wwäsche", and "wäcshe". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "wash", "Woche", "watch", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Wäsche, spelled W-Ä-S-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gesamtheit mehrerer Kleidungs- und Textilstücke, die kürzlich gewaschen wurden oder gewaschen werden sollen
  2. 2
    der Vorgang des Waschens von ^([1])
  3. 3
    meist im Ausland stattfindende Vorgehensweise, Geld so anzulegen, dass seine Herkunft aus kriminellen Machenschaften nicht mehr nachweisbar ist
  4. 4
    (Damen-)Unterwäsche

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: wsäche,wwäsche,wäcshe,wäscche,wäsceh,wäschhe,wäshce,wässche,äwsche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Wäsche

Misspelling Variants of "Wäsche"

wsäche6wwäsche7wäcshe6wäscche7wäsceh6wäschhe7wäshce6wässche7
Misspelling Variants of "Wäsche"

Frequency rank: #6,614 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Wäsche"?
"Wäsche" is spelled W-Ä-S-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɛʃə].
What does "Wäsche" mean?
As a noun, "Wäsche" means: Gesamtheit mehrerer Kleidungs- und Textilstücke, die kürzlich gewaschen wurden oder gewaschen werden sollen
What words are commonly confused with "Wäsche"?
"Wäsche" is commonly confused with "wash", "Woche", "watch". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Wäsche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wäsche" is [ˈvɛʃə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wäsche" come from?
"Wäsche" 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.