wax

[wæks]

/[wæks]/ noun

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The verdict

“wax” is uncommon German (frequency #65,874 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,874
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stoff unterschiedlicher Herkunft, der durch seine mechanisch-physikalischen Eigenschaften definiert wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-wax · wax · German

wax · rank #65,874 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,874
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wasserski

Nearest frequency peer: Wasserski (-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 „wax“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „wax“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for wax
PropertyValue
Headwordwax
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[wæks]
Letters3
Frequency rank#65,874
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „wax“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).waxfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Wasserski“ (#65,873), „Wegbeschreibung“ (#65,875), „Wasserbau“ (#65,872). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „wax“ bei #65,874. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wax is uncommon German at frequency #65,874 among 2,930 “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

  1. 1
    Stoff unterschiedlicher Herkunft, der durch seine mechanisch-physikalischen Eigenschaften definiert wird
  2. 2
    im engeren Sinn assoziiert mit dem von Bienen abgesonderten Stoff
  3. 3
    Wachs für Politur, zum Beispiel für Schuhe, Möbel
  4. 4
    Siegellack oder Siegelwachs
  5. 5
    wachsartiges Sekret/Absonderung im Ohr

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how wax appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Madame Tussauds“ is a wax museum. It has celebrity figures that are made of wax.
  2. ‚Hello, I would like to buy a couple of wax candles.‘ ‚Do You mean beeswax?‘ ‚Yes, of course!‘

Synonyms

beeswaxshoe polishsealing waxearwaxcerumen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wax"?
"wax" is spelled W-A-X. The IPA pronunciation is [wæks].
What does "wax" mean?
As a noun, "wax" means: Stoff unterschiedlicher Herkunft, der durch seine mechanisch-physikalischen Eigenschaften definiert wird
How do you pronounce "wax"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wax" is [wæks]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wax" come from?
"wax" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wax", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sua#65,739DPs#66,130emu#66,160POW#65,583

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list