Weichmacher
[ˈvaɪ̯çˌmaxɐ]
The verdict
“Weichmacher” is uncommon German (frequency #69,890 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,890
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stoff, der Materialien (beispielsweise Kunststoffen, Kautschuk, Lacken) zugesetzt wird, um diese biegsam, weich, geschmeidig, fließfähig zu machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-weichmacher · Weichmacher · German
Weichmacher · rank #69,890 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,890
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Weichenstellu…
Nearest frequency peer: Weichenstellungen (-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 „Weichmacher“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- weggerissen
weggerissen
30,114 corpus weight
- Weichenstel…
Weichenstellungen
30,112 corpus weight
- Weichmacher
Weichmacher
30,111 corpus weight
- Weinviertel
Weinviertel
30,110 corpus weight
- weiterreich…
weiterreichen
30,109 corpus weight
- weiterverka…
weiterverkaufen
30,108 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Weichmacher“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Weichmacher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaɪ̯çˌmaxɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #69,890 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Weichmacher“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Weichmacher is uncommon German at frequency #69,890 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaɪ̯çˌmaxɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stoff, der Materialien (beispielsweise Kunststoffen, Kautschuk, Lacken) zugesetzt wird, um diese biegsam, weich, geschmeidig, fließfähig zu machen".
Weichmacher has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Weichmacher, spelled W-E-I-C-H-M-A-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Stoff, der Materialien (beispielsweise Kunststoffen, Kautschuk, Lacken) zugesetzt wird, um diese biegsam, weich, geschmeidig, fließfähig zu machen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Weichmacher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Phthalate zählen zu den schwerflüchtigen organischen Verbindungen (SVOC) und werden als Weichmacher u.a. in PVC, Farben, Lacken und Kunststoffen eingesetzt.“
„Laut einer US-Forscherin können Phthalate Männer zeugungsunfähig machen. Dabei handelt es sich um Weichmacher, die in Kunststoffen verwendet werden.“
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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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).