weitreichend

Name: weitreichend, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[ˈvaɪ̯tˌʁaɪ̯çn̩t]

/[ˈvaɪ̯tˌʁaɪ̯çn̩t]/ adj

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“weitreichend” is an uncommon German word, ranked #60,249 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.

#60,249
frequency rank, German: 12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine große Entfernung umfassend

Key facts for weitreichend
Property	Value
Headword	weitreichend
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈvaɪ̯tˌʁaɪ̯çn̩t]
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#60,249
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “weitreichend” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). weitreichend lands here:

#60,249

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for weitreichend is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvaɪ̯tˌʁaɪ̯çn̩t]. Corpus data places it at rank #60,249 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.

No misspelling variants are generated for weitreichend in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is weitreichend, spelled W-E-I-T-R-E-I-C-H-E-N-D.

Definition

1
eine große Entfernung umfassend
2
umfangreich und gewichtig, häufig von einem Plural-Nomen gefolgt

This word in other languages

extensive(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 "weitreichend"?

"weitreichend" is spelled W-E-I-T-R-E-I-C-H-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvaɪ̯tˌʁaɪ̯çn̩t].

What does "weitreichend" mean?

As an adjective, "weitreichend" means: eine große Entfernung umfassend

How do you pronounce "weitreichend"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "weitreichend" is [ˈvaɪ̯tˌʁaɪ̯çn̩t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "weitreichend" come from?

"weitreichend" 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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Using “weitreichend”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is W-E-I-T-R-E-I-C-H-E-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [ˈvaɪ̯tˌʁaɪ̯çn̩t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.