Waschlappen
[ˈvaʃˌlapn̩]
The verdict
“Waschlappen” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,114. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,114
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tuch zum feuchten Reinigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-waschlappen · Waschlappen · German
Waschlappen · rank #36,114 · 16 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,114
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Walliser
Nearest frequency peer: Walliser (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Waschlappen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Vorstandsvo…
Vorstandsvorsitzende
63,890 corpus weight
- Waffenliefe…
Waffenlieferungen
63,889 corpus weight
- Walliser
Walliser
63,888 corpus weight
- Waschlappen
Waschlappen
63,887 corpus weight
- waters
waters
63,886 corpus weight
- Wattenmeer
Wattenmeer
63,885 corpus weight
What this shows „Waschlappen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Waschlappen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaʃˌlapn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #36,114 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Waschlappen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Waschlappen (IPA [ˈvaʃˌlapn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,114 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Waschlappen, with forms such as "awschlappen", "wacshlappen", and "wascchlappen". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Waschlappen, spelled W-A-S-C-H-L-A-P-P-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tuch zum feuchten Reinigen
- 2Feigling, Schwächling; jemand, der nichts wagt oder zu schwach ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Waschlappen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zum Aufwischen von Lacken sollte der Waschlappen auch schon feucht sein.
„Es langt nur zum Zähneputzen und für eine Katzenwäsche mit dem Waschlappen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- awschlappen
- wacshlappen
- wascchlappen
- waschalppen
- waschhlappen
- waschlapen
- waschlapepn
- waschlappenn
- waschlappne
- waschllappen
- waschlpapen
- wasclhappen
- washclappen
- wasschlappen
- wsachlappen
- wwaschlappen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Waschlappen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Waschlappen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).