wax
[wæks]
The verdict
“wax” is uncommon German (frequency #65,874 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,874
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stoff unterschiedlicher Herkunft, der durch seine mechanisch-physikalischen Eigenschaften definiert wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wax |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [wæks] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #65,874 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wax” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
wax is uncommon German at frequency #65,874 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [wæks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for wax in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 wax, spelled W-A-X.
Definition
- 1Stoff unterschiedlicher Herkunft, der durch seine mechanisch-physikalischen Eigenschaften definiert wird
- 2im engeren Sinn assoziiert mit dem von Bienen abgesonderten Stoff
- 3Wachs für Politur, zum Beispiel für Schuhe, Möbel
- 4Siegellack oder Siegelwachs
- 5wachsartiges Sekret/Absonderung im Ohr
Synonyms
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 “wax”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-A-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [wæks] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.