wechsele

[ˈvɛksələ]

/[ˈvɛksələ]/ verb

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The verdict

“wechsele” is uncommon German (frequency #89,804 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,804
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wechseln

Corpus desk

Index DE-wechsele · wechsele · German

wechsele · rank #89,804 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,804
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH weeds

Nearest frequency peer: weeds (+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 „wechsele“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for wechsele
PropertyValue
Headwordwechsele
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈvɛksələ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#89,804
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „wechsele“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „weeds“ (#89,805), „Wasserstelle“ (#89,802), „Wasserbedarf“ (#89,801). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „wechsele“ bei #89,804. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wechsele is uncommon German at frequency #89,804 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɛksələ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for wechsele in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is wechsele, spelled W-E-C-H-S-E-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wechseln
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wechseln
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wechseln
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wechseln

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 "wechsele"?
"wechsele" is spelled W-E-C-H-S-E-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɛksələ].
What does "wechsele" mean?
As a verb, "wechsele" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wechseln
How do you pronounce "wechsele"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wechsele" is [ˈvɛksələ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wechsele" come from?
"wechsele" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Waschung#89,800Witzchen#89,831zehnfach#89,848verleben#89,755

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list