wachsen
\ˈvaksn̩\
The verdict
“wachsen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Augmenter, croître.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wachsen · wachsen · French
wachsen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | wachsen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈvaksn̩\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
wachsen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈvaksn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wachsen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is wachsen, spelled W-A-C-H-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1Augmenter, croître.
- 2Grandir.
- 3Monter.
- 4Pousser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wachsen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Marktanteil der Schiene am gesamten alpenquerenden Güterverkehr ist im letzten Jahr auf 74,9 Prozent gewachsen. Das ist der höchste Wert seit 30 Jahren.
Indem der Aussenhandel der Schweiz wächst, steigt auch der Anteil der Umweltbelastungen, die ausserhalb der Schweiz anfallen.
Antonyms
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.