Wiese

/[ˈviːzə]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,130

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Wiese is aGermannoun. It means: gehölzfreie Grasfluren auf häufig feuchten Böden, in denen Gräser und Kräuter vorherrschen, meistens landwirtschaftlich durch Mähen zur Gewinnung von Heu oder Stalleinstreu oder als Weide genutzt Pronounced [ˈviːzə]. It ranks #6,130 in German word frequency. Often confused with wine and wish.

Key facts for Wiese
PropertyValue
HeadwordWiese
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈviːzə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,130
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Wiese in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Wiese is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈviːzə]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,130 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "gehölzfreie Grasfluren auf häufig feuchten Böden, in denen Gräser und Kräuter vorherrschen, meistens landwirtschaftlich durch Mähen zur Gewinnung von Heu oder Stalleinstreu oder als Weide genutzt".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Wiese, with forms such as "iwese", "wiees", and "wiesse". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "wine", "wish", "wife", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Wiese, spelled W-I-E-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    gehölzfreie Grasfluren auf häufig feuchten Böden, in denen Gräser und Kräuter vorherrschen, meistens landwirtschaftlich durch Mähen zur Gewinnung von Heu oder Stalleinstreu oder als Weide genutzt

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iwese,wiees,wiesse,wisee,wwiese

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Wiese

Misspelling Variants of "Wiese"

iwese5wiees5wiesse6wisee5wwiese6
Misspelling Variants of "Wiese"

Frequency rank: #6,130 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Wiese"?
"Wiese" is spelled W-I-E-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈviːzə].
What does "Wiese" mean?
As a noun, "Wiese" means: gehölzfreie Grasfluren auf häufig feuchten Böden, in denen Gräser und Kräuter vorherrschen, meistens landwirtschaftlich durch Mähen zur Gewinnung von Heu oder Stalleinstreu oder als Weide genutzt
What words are commonly confused with "Wiese"?
"Wiese" is commonly confused with "wine", "wish", "wife". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Wiese"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wiese" is [ˈviːzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wiese" come from?
"Wiese" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.