wealth

[welθ]

/[welθ]/ noun

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The verdict

“wealth” is uncommon German (frequency #52,578 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,578
frequency rank, German
38,697
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das mehr als ausreichend vorhandene Gut

Key facts for wealth
PropertyValue
Headwordwealth
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[welθ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#52,578
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “wealth” 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). wealth lands here:

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

wealth is uncommon German at frequency #52,578 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [welθ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

wealth has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is wealth, spelled W-E-A-L-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    das mehr als ausreichend vorhandene Gut
  2. 2
    der sich aus solchem Besitz ergebende Zustand

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 "wealth"?
"wealth" is spelled W-E-A-L-T-H. The IPA pronunciation is [welθ].
What does "wealth" mean?
As a noun, "wealth" means: das mehr als ausreichend vorhandene Gut
How do you pronounce "wealth"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wealth" is [welθ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wealth" come from?
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Using “wealth”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is W-E-A-L-T-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [welθ] (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

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