wesentliche

/[ˈveːzn̩tlɪçə]/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,950

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

wesentliche is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wesentlich Pronounced [ˈveːzn̩tlɪçə]. It ranks #4,950 in German word frequency. Often confused with westliche and wesentlichen.

Key facts for wesentliche
PropertyValue
Headwordwesentliche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈveːzn̩tlɪçə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#4,950
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of wesentliche in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for wesentliche is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈveːzn̩tlɪçə]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,950 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for wesentliche, with forms such as "ewsentliche", "weesntliche", and "wesenltiche". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "westliche", "wesentlichen", "wesentlicher", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is wesentliche, spelled W-E-S-E-N-T-L-I-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wesentlich
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wesentlich
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wesentlich
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wesentlich
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wesentlich
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wesentlich
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wesentlich
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wesentlich
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wesentlich

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ewsentliche,weesntliche,wesenltiche,wesenntliche,wesentilche,wesentlcihe,wesentlicche,wesentliceh,wesentlichhe,wesentlihce,wesentlliche,wesenttliche,wesetnliche,wesnetliche,wessentliche,wseentliche,wwesentliche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for wesentliche

Misspelling Variants of "wesentliche"

ewsentliche11weesntliche11wesenltiche11wesenntliche12wesentilche11wesentlcihe11wesentlicche12wesentliceh11
Misspelling Variants of "wesentliche"

Frequency rank: #4,950 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wesentliche"?
"wesentliche" is spelled W-E-S-E-N-T-L-I-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈveːzn̩tlɪçə].
What does "wesentliche" mean?
As an adj, "wesentliche" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wesentlich
What words are commonly confused with "wesentliche"?
"wesentliche" is commonly confused with "westliche", "wesentlichen", "wesentlicher". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "wesentliche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wesentliche" is [ˈveːzn̩tlɪçə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wesentliche" come from?
"wesentliche" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.