wrap
[ɹæp]
The verdict
“wrap” is uncommon German (frequency #59,346 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,346
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Kleidungsstück oder Stück Stoff, mit dem man den Körper oder Körperteile einhüllen kann, meist verwendet als Oberbekleidung: Umhang, Schal, Tuch
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wrap |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɹæp] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #59,346 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wrap” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
wrap is uncommon German at frequency #59,346 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɹæp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for wrap in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is wrap, spelled W-R-A-P.
Definition
- 1Kleidungsstück oder Stück Stoff, mit dem man den Körper oder Körperteile einhüllen kann, meist verwendet als Oberbekleidung: Umhang, Schal, Tuch
- 2Papier, Folie oder anderes Material, gewickelt um einen Gegenstand, um ihn zu schützen oder zu verbergen: Umhüllung, Verpackung
- 3Teigrolle mit Füllung: Wrap
- 4eng gewickeltes, trockenes oder feuchtes Tuch um den Körper oder um Körperteile, für Wellness oder medizinische Zwecke: Wickel, Bandage; Behandlung der Haut mit Heilerde oder Ähnlichem: Packung
- 5Ende der Dreharbeiten: Drehschluss
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 “wrap”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-R-A-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.