wehklagen
[ˈveːˌklaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“wehklagen” is uncommon German (frequency #78,742 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,742
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - seelische Not äußern
Corpus desk
Index DE-wehklagen · wehklagen · German
wehklagen · rank #78,742 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,742
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 38,697
- PHOTO-FINISH wechselvollen
Nearest frequency peer: wechselvollen (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “wehklagen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- wasserdicht…
wasserdichten
21,263 corpus weight
- wechselvoll…
wechselvollen
21,261 corpus weight
- wehklagen
wehklagen
21,259 corpus weight
- Weihnachtsm…
Weihnachtsmänner
21,257 corpus weight
- weiterbeste…
weiterbestehen
21,255 corpus weight
- weiterbringt
weiterbringt
21,254 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “wehklagen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wehklagen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈveːˌklaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,742 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wehklagen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
wehklagen is uncommon German at frequency #78,742 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈveːˌklaːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "seelische Not äußern".
No generated misspelling entries exist for wehklagen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 wehklagen, spelled W-E-H-K-L-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1seelische Not äußern
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wehklagen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.