wertschätzen
[ˈveːɐ̯tˌʃɛt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“wertschätzen” is uncommon German (frequency #50,200 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,200
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (jemanden oder etwas) hochachtend schätzen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wertschätzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈveːɐ̯tˌʃɛt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #50,200 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wertschätzen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
wertschätzen is uncommon German at frequency #50,200 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈveːɐ̯tˌʃɛt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(jemanden oder etwas) hochachtend schätzen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for wertschätzen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 wertschätzen, spelled W-E-R-T-S-C-H-Ä-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1(jemanden oder etwas) hochachtend schätzen
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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Using “wertschätzen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-E-R-T-S-C-H-Ä-T-Z-E-N - 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.