westfälisches

[vɛstˈfɛːlɪʃəs]

/[vɛstˈfɛːlɪʃəs]/ adj

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The verdict

“westfälisches” is uncommon German (frequency #87,285 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,285
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs westfälisch

Corpus desk

Index DE-westfalisches · westfälisches · German

westfälisches · rank #87,285 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,285
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH werteten

Nearest frequency peer: werteten (-1 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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „westfälisches“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „westfälisches“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for westfälisches
PropertyValue
Headwordwestfälisches
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[vɛstˈfɛːlɪʃəs]
Letters13
Frequency rank#87,285
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „westfälisches“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.westfälischesfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „werteten“ (#87,284), „wheat“ (#87,286), „Weltrekorde“ (#87,283). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „westfälisches“ bei #87,285. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

westfälisches is uncommon German at frequency #87,285 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [vɛstˈfɛːlɪʃəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for westfälisches, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is westfälisches, spelled W-E-S-T-F-Ä-L-I-S-C-H-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs westfälisch
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs westfälisch
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs westfälisch
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs westfälisch

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 "westfälisches"?
"westfälisches" is spelled W-E-S-T-F-Ä-L-I-S-C-H-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [vɛstˈfɛːlɪʃəs].
What does "westfälisches" mean?
As an adjective, "westfälisches" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs westfälisch
How do you pronounce "westfälisches"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "westfälisches" is [vɛstˈfɛːlɪʃəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "westfälisches", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ziegelsteinen#87,308Zusammenhalts#87,320verschmutzten#87,229Verkaufserlös#87,220

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list