wend
[vɛnt]
The verdict
“wend” is uncommon German (frequency #95,124 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,124
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wenden
Corpus desk
Index DE-wend · wend · German
wend · rank #95,124 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,124
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 38,697
- PHOTO-FINISH weitergebracht
Nearest frequency peer: weitergebracht (-3 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 “wend”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Wechselrich…
Wechselrichter
4,885 corpus weight
- Weinguts
Weinguts
4,883 corpus weight
- weinrot
weinrot
4,882 corpus weight
- weitergebra…
weitergebracht
4,880 corpus weight
- wend
wend
4,877 corpus weight
- Whiskys
Whiskys
4,872 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “wend” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [vɛnt] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #95,124 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wend” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
wend is uncommon German at frequency #95,124 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [vɛnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wenden".
No generated misspelling entries exist for wend in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is wend, spelled W-E-N-D.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wenden
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 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.