weismachen

[ˈvaɪ̯sˌmaxn̩]

/[ˈvaɪ̯sˌmaxn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“weismachen” is uncommon German (frequency #52,580 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,580
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem etwas Unwahres glaubhaft machen

Corpus desk

Index DE-weismachen · weismachen · German

weismachen · rank #52,580 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,580
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH wechselst

Nearest frequency peer: wechselst (-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 „weismachen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „weismachen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for weismachen
PropertyValue
Headwordweismachen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈvaɪ̯sˌmaxn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#52,580
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „weismachen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).weismachenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „wechselst“ (#52,579), „weitergibt“ (#52,581), „wealth“ (#52,578). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „weismachen“ bei #52,580. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

weismachen is uncommon German at frequency #52,580 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvaɪ̯sˌmaxn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemandem etwas Unwahres glaubhaft machen".

No misspelling variants are generated for weismachen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is weismachen, spelled W-E-I-S-M-A-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemandem etwas Unwahres glaubhaft machen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Du willst mir doch wohl nicht weismachen, nichts davon gewusst zu haben.
  2. Seit Jahrzehnten wird uns weisgemacht: Autos sind sparsamer, umweltfreundlicher, haben weniger Schadstoffe. Doch die Wirklichkeit sieht anders aus.

Synonyms

anschmierenaufbindenauftischenbeschummelneinredenhinters Licht führennasführenvorerzählenvorgaukelnvorlügenvormachenvortäuschen

Antonyms

aufklärenbelehren

This word in other languages

make believe(English)

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 "weismachen"?
"weismachen" is spelled W-E-I-S-M-A-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvaɪ̯sˌmaxn̩].
What does "weismachen" mean?
As a verb, "weismachen" means: jemandem etwas Unwahres glaubhaft machen
How do you pronounce "weismachen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "weismachen" is [ˈvaɪ̯sˌmaxn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "weismachen" come from?
"weismachen" 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 "weismachen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

weitergibt#52,581weltlicher#52,582Wahlsieger#52,574Wienerwald#52,587

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list