wischen
\ˈvɪʃn̩\
The verdict
“wischen” 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) - Essuyer, laver.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wischen · wischen · French
wischen · 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 | wischen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈvɪʃn̩\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
wischen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈvɪʃn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Essuyer, laver.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for wischen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is wischen, spelled W-I-S-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Essuyer, laver.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wischen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Morgen am Vormittag muss ich bügeln, den Boden wischen, die Spüle schrubben, und die Toilette putzen. Du siehst, ich bin gut ausgelastet!
Hus Sitznachbar Li Zhanshu, zu jenem Zeitpunkt noch Vorsitzender des Ständigen Ausschusses, schaut der Szene mit Schrecken im Gesicht zu – und greift zum Taschentuch, um sich den Schweiß von der Stirn zu wischen.
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.