Wassermangel
[ˈvasɐˌmaŋl̩]
The verdict
“Wassermangel” is an uncommon German word, ranked #52,577 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #52,577
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mangel an Wasser; Wasser ist nicht in ausreichender Menge verfügbar
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wassermangel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvasɐˌmaŋl̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #52,577 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wassermangel” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Wassermangel is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvasɐˌmaŋl̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #52,577 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Mangel an Wasser; Wasser ist nicht in ausreichender Menge verfügbar".
Wassermangel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Wassermangel, spelled W-A-S-S-E-R-M-A-N-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1Mangel an Wasser; Wasser ist nicht in ausreichender Menge verfügbar
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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 “Wassermangel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-A-S-S-E-R-M-A-N-G-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈvasɐˌmaŋl̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.