wheat

[wiːt]

/[wiːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“wheat” is uncommon German (frequency #87,286 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,286
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Weizen

Corpus desk

Index DE-wheat · wheat · German

wheat · rank #87,286 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,286
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH westfälisches

Nearest frequency peer: westfälisches (-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 „wheat“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for wheat
PropertyValue
Headwordwheat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[wiːt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#87,286
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „wheat“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „westfälisches“ (#87,285), „werteten“ (#87,284), „WIFO“ (#87,288). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „wheat“ bei #87,286. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wheat is uncommon German at frequency #87,286 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [wiːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wheat, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is wheat, spelled W-H-E-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Weizen
  2. 2
    der Weichweizen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how wheat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East and Ethiopian Highlands, but now cultivated worldwide."

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 "wheat"?
"wheat" is spelled W-H-E-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [wiːt].
What does "wheat" mean?
As a noun, "wheat" means: der Weizen
How do you pronounce "wheat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wheat" is [wiːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wheat" come from?
"wheat" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

walks#87,266zucke#87,313ätsch#87,329Achat#87,362

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list