Werkbank
[ˈvɛʁkˌbaŋk]
The verdict
“Werkbank” is uncommon German (frequency #52,583 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,583
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - spezieller Arbeitstisch, der meist von Handwerkern genutzt wird, mit montierten Vorrichtungen wie einem Schraubstock
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Werkbank |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛʁkˌbaŋk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,583 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Werkbank” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Werkbank is uncommon German at frequency #52,583 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɛʁkˌbaŋk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "spezieller Arbeitstisch, der meist von Handwerkern genutzt wird, mit montierten Vorrichtungen wie einem Schraubstock".
Zero misspellings are on record for Werkbank in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Werkbank, spelled W-E-R-K-B-A-N-K.
Definition
- 1spezieller Arbeitstisch, der meist von Handwerkern genutzt wird, mit montierten Vorrichtungen wie einem Schraubstock
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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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Using “Werkbank”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-E-R-K-B-A-N-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.