wechselweise
[ˈvɛksl̩ˌvaɪ̯zə]
The verdict
“wechselweise” is an uncommon German word, ranked #84,779 in German word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #84,779
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - im Wechsel aufeinander folgend
| 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) |
Where “wechselweise” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for wechselweise is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvɛksl̩ˌvaɪ̯zə]. Corpus data places it at rank #84,779 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
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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Using “wechselweise”
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-W-E-I-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈvɛksl̩ˌvaɪ̯zə] (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
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.