westliches

[ˈvɛstlɪçəs]

/[ˈvɛstlɪçəs]/ adj

The verdict

“westliches” is uncommon German (frequency #51,031 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,031
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 westlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-westliches · westliches · German

westliches · rank #51,031 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,031
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Westfront

Nearest frequency peer: Westfront (-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 „westliches“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for westliches
PropertyValue
Headwordwestliches
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈvɛstlɪçəs]
Letters10
Frequency rank#51,031
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „westliches“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Westfront“ (#51,030), „Werkstücke“ (#51,029), „Werkstoffen“ (#51,028). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „westliches“ bei #51,031. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

westliches is uncommon German at frequency #51,031 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈvɛstlɪçəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for westliches in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is westliches, spelled W-E-S-T-L-I-C-H-E-S.

Definition

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

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 "westliches"?
"westliches" is spelled W-E-S-T-L-I-C-H-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɛstlɪçəs].
What does "westliches" mean?
As an adjective, "westliches" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs westlich
How do you pronounce "westliches"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "westliches" is [ˈvɛstlɪçəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "westliches" come from?
"westliches" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list