WBS

abbrev

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The verdict

“WBS” is uncommon German (frequency #73,096 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,096
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wohnberechtigungsschein

Corpus desk

Index DE-wbs · WBS · German

WBS · rank #73,096 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,096
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wasserbett

Nearest frequency peer: Wasserbett (-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 „WBS“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for WBS
PropertyValue
HeadwordWBS
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters3
Frequency rank#73,096
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „WBS“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Wasserbett“ (#73,095), „weapons“ (#73,097), „Wartungskosten“ (#73,094). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „WBS“ bei #73,096. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

WBS is uncommon German at frequency #73,096 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for WBS in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is WBS, spelled W-B-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wohnberechtigungsschein
  2. 2
    Williams-Beuren-Syndrom

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Wohnungen mit WBS in Köln
  2. „Michels extreme Kontaktfreudigkeit ist ein Symptom des Williams-Beuren-Syndroms (WBS), der Folge einer spontanen Genmutation.“

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 "WBS"?
"WBS" is spelled W-B-S.
What does "WBS" mean?
As an abbreviation, "WBS" means: Wohnberechtigungsschein
What language does "WBS" come from?
"WBS" 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 "WBS", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

ven#73,049suu#72,980sou#72,947SGD#72,924

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list