Waschpulver
[ˈvaʃˌpʊlvɐ]
The verdict
“Waschpulver” is uncommon German (frequency #95,109 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,109
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pulverförmiges Mittel, das Verunreinigungen löst
Corpus desk
Index DE-waschpulver · Waschpulver · German
Waschpulver · rank #95,109 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,109
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Warndreieck
Nearest frequency peer: Warndreieck (-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 „Waschpulver“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Wangerooge
Wangerooge
4,895 corpus weight
- Wanzleben
Wanzleben
4,894 corpus weight
- Warndreieck
Warndreieck
4,893 corpus weight
- Waschpulver
Waschpulver
4,892 corpus weight
- Wasseraufna…
Wasseraufnahme
4,890 corpus weight
- Wasserbüffel
Wasserbüffel
4,889 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Waschpulver“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Waschpulver |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaʃˌpʊlvɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #95,109 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Waschpulver“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Waschpulver is uncommon German at frequency #95,109 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaʃˌpʊlvɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pulverförmiges Mittel, das Verunreinigungen löst".
Zero misspellings are on record for Waschpulver in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Waschpulver, spelled W-A-S-C-H-P-U-L-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1pulverförmiges Mittel, das Verunreinigungen löst
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Waschpulver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man muss einen Messlöffel Waschpulver in die Waschmaschine geben.
„Ein geschäftstüchtiger Dorfbewohner hatte in einer der Hütten einen Lebensmittelladen eingerichtet, hier gab es Waschpulver, Tomatenpüree und kalte Cola aus einem Kühlschrank, der von einem ratternden Benzingenerator betrieben wurde.“
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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