wusch
[vʊʃ]
The verdict
“wusch” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #43,645 in German word frequency and used as an interjection.
- #43,645
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - schneller als erwartet, ehe man sich versieht
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 | wusch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [vʊʃ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #43,645 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wusch” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for wusch is 5 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [vʊʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #43,645 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "schneller als erwartet, ehe man sich versieht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for wusch, with forms such as "uwsch", "wsuch", and "wuscch". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "wüst", "Wüste", "wach", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is wusch, spelled W-U-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1schneller als erwartet, ehe man sich versieht
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: uwsch,wsuch,wuscch,wuschh,wushc,wussch,wwusch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wusch - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “wusch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-U-S-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [vʊʃ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “wüst” - see the side-by-side comparison. wusch vs wüst
- 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.