Wide Receiver

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The verdict

“Wide Receiver” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spieler, dessen Hauptaufgabe das Passempfangen ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-wide-receiver · Wide Receiver · German

Wide Receiver · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "W" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for Wide Receiver
PropertyValue
HeadwordWide Receiver
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Wide Receiver“ im Deutschen

Wide Receiversitzt jenseits der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Formen, im Schwanz spezialisierten oder seltenen Wortschatzes.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Wide Receiver is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Spieler, dessen Hauptaufgabe das Passempfangen ist".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Wide Receiver, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Wide Receiver, spelled W-I-D-E- -R-E-C-E-I-V-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Spieler, dessen Hauptaufgabe das Passempfangen ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Harrison ist hager, im Football wäre er der Wide Receiver und Henderson der Linebacker.“

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Wide Receiver"?
"Wide Receiver" is spelled W-I-D-E- -R-E-C-E-I-V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Wide Receiver" mean?
As a noun, "Wide Receiver" means: Spieler, dessen Hauptaufgabe das Passempfangen ist
How do you pronounce "Wide Receiver"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wide Receiver" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wide Receiver" come from?
"Wide Receiver" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list