Wäsche
[ˈvɛʃə]
The verdict
“Wäsche” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #6,614 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,614
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gesamtheit mehrerer Kleidungs- und Textilstücke, die kürzlich gewaschen wurden oder gewaschen werden sollen
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wäsche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛʃə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,614 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wäsche” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Wäsche is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wäsche, with forms such as "wsäche", "wwäsche", and "wäcshe". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "wash", "Woche", "watch", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Wäsche, spelled W-Ä-S-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Gesamtheit mehrerer Kleidungs- und Textilstücke, die kürzlich gewaschen wurden oder gewaschen werden sollen
- 2der Vorgang des Waschens von ^([1])
- 3meist im Ausland stattfindende Vorgehensweise, Geld so anzulegen, dass seine Herkunft aus kriminellen Machenschaften nicht mehr nachweisbar ist
- 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wäsche - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Wäsche”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-Ä-S-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈvɛʃə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “wash” - see the side-by-side comparison. Wäsche vs wash
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.