WBS

abbrev

The verdict

“WBS” is uncommon German (frequency #73,096 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,096
frequency rank, German
38,697
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wohnberechtigungsschein

Key facts for WBS
PropertyValue
HeadwordWBS
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters3
Frequency rank#73,096
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “WBS” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). WBS lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

WBS is uncommon German at frequency #73,096 among 38,697 “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

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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Using “WBS”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is W-B-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list