wickelte

[ˈvɪkl̩tə]

/[ˈvɪkl̩tə]/ verb

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The verdict

“wickelte” is uncommon German (frequency #62,100 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,100
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs wickeln

Corpus desk

Index DE-wickelte · wickelte · German

wickelte · rank #62,100 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,100
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wichtigtuer

Nearest frequency peer: Wichtigtuer (-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 „wickelte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for wickelte
PropertyValue
Headwordwickelte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈvɪkl̩tə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#62,100
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „wickelte“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).wickeltefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Wichtigtuer“ (#62,099), „Wimpel“ (#62,102), „Wippe“ (#62,103). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „wickelte“ bei #62,100. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wickelte is uncommon German at frequency #62,100 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɪkl̩tə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for wickelte, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is wickelte, spelled W-I-C-K-E-L-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs wickeln
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs wickeln
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs wickeln
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs wickeln

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 "wickelte"?
"wickelte" is spelled W-I-C-K-E-L-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɪkl̩tə].
What does "wickelte" mean?
As a verb, "wickelte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs wickeln
How do you pronounce "wickelte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wickelte" is [ˈvɪkl̩tə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wickelte" come from?
"wickelte" 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 "wickelte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list