Wehrmacht

[ˈveːɐ̯ˌmaxt]

/[ˈveːɐ̯ˌmaxt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Wehrmacht” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,399. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,399
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gesamtheit aller Streitkräfte

Corpus desk

Index DE-wehrmacht · Wehrmacht · German

Wehrmacht · rank #10,399 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #10,399
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH wagt

Nearest frequency peer: wagt (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Wehrmacht“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Wehrmacht“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Wehrmacht vs Weltmacht
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Wehrmacht
PropertyValue
HeadwordWehrmacht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈveːɐ̯ˌmaxt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#10,399
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Wehrmacht“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Wehrmachtliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „wagt“ (#10,398), „zeichnete“ (#10,400), „zittern“ (#10,401). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „Wehrmacht“ bei #10,399. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around Wehrmacht (IPA [ˈveːɐ̯ˌmaxt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,399 among 2,930 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wehrmacht, with forms such as "ewhrmacht", "wehhrmacht", and "wehmracht". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Weltmacht", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Wehrmacht, spelled W-E-H-R-M-A-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gesamtheit aller Streitkräfte
  2. 2
    Gesamtheit aller Streitkräfte im Deutschen Reich ab 1935 (die Reichswehr wurde in Wehrmacht umbenannt) bis zur Gesamtkapitulation 1945 bzw. 1946 der offiziellen Auflösung (kein Plural)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Wehrmacht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Bei Waterloo wurde die Napoleonische Wehrmacht besiegt.
  2. „Bis Mitte 1941 wurde der noch auf Europa beschränkte Konflikt von der Wehrmacht vorwiegend als Eroberungskrieg geführt.“

Antonyms

BundeswehrNationale VolksarmeeReichswehrRote Armee

This word in other languages

Wehrmacht(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ewhrmacht
  • wehhrmacht
  • wehmracht
  • wehramcht
  • wehrmaccht
  • wehrmachht
  • wehrmachtt
  • wehrmacth
  • wehrmahct
  • wehrmcaht
  • wehrmmacht
  • wehrrmacht
  • werhmacht
  • whermacht
  • wwehrmacht

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wehrmacht - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ewhrmacht2wehhrmacht1wehmracht2wehramcht2wehrmaccht1wehrmachht1wehrmachtt1wehrmacth2
Edit distance from "Wehrmacht"

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 "Wehrmacht"?
"Wehrmacht" is spelled W-E-H-R-M-A-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈveːɐ̯ˌmaxt].
What does "Wehrmacht" mean?
As a noun, "Wehrmacht" means: Gesamtheit aller Streitkräfte
What words are commonly confused with "Wehrmacht"?
"Wehrmacht" is commonly confused with "Weltmacht". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Wehrmacht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wehrmacht" is [ˈveːɐ̯ˌmaxt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wehrmacht" come from?
"Wehrmacht" 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 "Wehrmacht", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

zeichnete#10,400Zwillinge#10,402abbrechen#10,405versuchst#10,392

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

veranlasst15 variantsangewandte15 variantsanzuwenden15 variantsBeschlüsse15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list