wische
[ˈvɪʃə]
The verdict
“wische” is uncommon German (frequency #77,560 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,560
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wischen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wische · wische · German
wische · rank #77,560 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,560
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 38,697
- PHOTO-FINISH Wirkungsgesch…
Nearest frequency peer: Wirkungsgeschichte (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “wische”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Wintersport…
Wintersportler
22,444 corpus weight
- wirbellosen
wirbellosen
22,443 corpus weight
- Wirkungsges…
Wirkungsgeschichte
22,442 corpus weight
- wische
wische
22,441 corpus weight
- wissbegierig
wissbegierig
22,440 corpus weight
- wochenlangen
wochenlangen
22,439 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “wische” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wische |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvɪʃə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,560 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wische” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
wische is uncommon German at frequency #77,560 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɪʃə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for wische in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is wische, spelled W-I-S-C-H-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wischen
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wischen
- 33. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wischen
- 42. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wischen
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.