Wasserscheide
[ˈvasɐˌʃaɪ̯də]
The verdict
“Wasserscheide” is uncommon German (frequency #59,329 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,329
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grenzverlauf der Einzugsgebiete für das abfließende Wasser zweier oder mehrerer benachbarter Flusssysteme.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wasserscheide |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvasɐˌʃaɪ̯də] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #59,329 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wasserscheide” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Wasserscheide is uncommon German at frequency #59,329 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvasɐˌʃaɪ̯də]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grenzverlauf der Einzugsgebiete für das abfließende Wasser zweier oder mehrerer benachbarter Flusssysteme.".
Wasserscheide doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Wasserscheide, spelled W-A-S-S-E-R-S-C-H-E-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Grenzverlauf der Einzugsgebiete für das abfließende Wasser zweier oder mehrerer benachbarter Flusssysteme.
This word in other languages
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 “Wasserscheide”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-A-S-S-E-R-S-C-H-E-I-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.