Wombat
[ˈvɔmbat]
The verdict
“Wombat” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - australisches bodenbewohnendes Beuteltier
Corpus desk
Index DE-wombat · Wombat · German
Wombat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wombat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɔmbat] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wombat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wombat is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɔmbat]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "australisches bodenbewohnendes Beuteltier".
No misspelling variants are generated for Wombat in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Wombat, spelled W-O-M-B-A-T.
Definition
- 1australisches bodenbewohnendes Beuteltier
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Wombat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wombats graben lange und tiefe Höhlensysteme in den Boden.
Synonyms
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.