wechselweise
[ˈvɛksl̩ˌvaɪ̯zə]
The verdict
“wechselweise” is uncommon German (frequency #84,779 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,779
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Wechsel aufeinander folgend
Corpus desk
Index DE-wechselweise · wechselweise · German
wechselweise · rank #84,779 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,779
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Webhosting
Nearest frequency peer: Webhosting (-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 „wechselweise“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Wassersport…
Wassersportler
15,225 corpus weight
- Webhosting
Webhosting
15,223 corpus weight
- wechselweise
wechselweise
15,222 corpus weight
- weilten
weilten
15,221 corpus weight
- Weinbrand
Weinbrand
15,219 corpus weight
- Weinstube
Weinstube
15,218 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „wechselweise“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wechselweise |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈvɛksl̩ˌvaɪ̯zə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #84,779 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wechselweise“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wechselweise is uncommon German at frequency #84,779 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈvɛksl̩ˌvaɪ̯zə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for wechselweise, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is wechselweise, spelled W-E-C-H-S-E-L-W-E-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1im Wechsel aufeinander folgend
- 2auf alle Seiten in gleicher Weise aufeinander bezogen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wechselweise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Paſtor Trieſchke nämlich, Tränen-Trieſchke aus Berlin, der dieſen Beinamen führte, weil er allſonntäglich einmal inmitten ſeiner Predigt an geeigneter Stelle zu weinen begann … Tränen-Trieſchke, der ſich durch ein bleiches Geſicht, rote Augen und wahre Pferdekinnbacken auszeichnete und acht oder zehn Tage lang bei Buddenbrooks wechſelweiſe mit der armen…
„Die beiden ältlichen, kränklichen Frauen — die eine hatte zwei kleine Knaben bei sich, vielleicht ihre Enkel, die aufmerksam zuhörten — ergänzten wechselweise diesen Bericht mit lebhaft klingenden Stimmen.“
This word in other languages
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).