wealth

[welθ]

/[welθ]/ noun

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The verdict

“wealth” is uncommon German (frequency #52,578 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,578
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das mehr als ausreichend vorhandene Gut

Corpus desk

Index DE-wealth · wealth · German

wealth · rank #52,578 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,578
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wassermangel

Nearest frequency peer: Wassermangel (-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 „wealth“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for wealth
PropertyValue
Headwordwealth
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[welθ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#52,578
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „wealth“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.wealthfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Wassermangel“ (#52,577), „wechselst“ (#52,579), „Wanderern“ (#52,576). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „wealth“ bei #52,578. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wealth is uncommon German at frequency #52,578 among 2,930 “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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

wicked#52,585Xerxes#52,596Zinken#52,606ahnten#52,633

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list