wöchentlich
[ˈvœçn̩tlɪç]
The verdict
“wöchentlich” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #7,426 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #7,426
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jede Woche wiederkehrend, in jeder Woche
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wöchentlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvœçn̩tlɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #7,426 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wöchentlich” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for wöchentlich is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvœçn̩tlɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,426 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "jede Woche wiederkehrend, in jeder Woche".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for wöchentlich, with forms such as "wcöhentlich", "wwöchentlich", and "wöcchentlich". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "wöchentliche", "wöchentlichen", 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. The correct German form is wöchentlich, spelled W-Ö-C-H-E-N-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1jede Woche wiederkehrend, in jeder Woche
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: wcöhentlich,wwöchentlich,wöcchentlich,wöcehntlich,wöchenltich,wöchenntlich,wöchentilch,wöchentlcih,wöchentlicch,wöchentlichh,wöchentlihc,wöchentllich,wöchenttlich,wöchetnlich,wöchhentlich,wöchnetlich,wöhcentlich,öwchentlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wöchentlich - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “wöchentlich”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-Ö-C-H-E-N-T-L-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈvœçn̩tlɪç] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “wöchentliche” - see the side-by-side comparison. wöchentlich vs wöchentliche
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.