Wechselbalg
[ˈvɛksəlˌbalk]
The verdict
“Wechselbalg” is uncommon German (frequency #88,505 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,505
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - missgestaltetes Kind, das dem Aberglauben nach der Mutter von bösen Geistern untergeschobenen wurde
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wechselbalg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛksəlˌbalk] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #88,505 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wechselbalg” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Wechselbalg is uncommon German at frequency #88,505 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɛksəlˌbalk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Wechselbalg, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Wechselbalg, spelled W-E-C-H-S-E-L-B-A-L-G.
Definition
- 1missgestaltetes Kind, das dem Aberglauben nach der Mutter von bösen Geistern untergeschobenen wurde
- 2uneheliches Kind
Synonyms
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.
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Using “Wechselbalg”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-E-C-H-S-E-L-B-A-L-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈvɛksəlˌbalk] (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
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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.