afflict
[əˈflɪkt]
The verdict
“afflict” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Leid(en) hervorrufen, plagen; heimsuchen, befallen
Corpus desk
Index DE-afflict · afflict · German
afflict · 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 "A" 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 | afflict |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [əˈflɪkt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „afflict“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
afflict is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [əˈflɪkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Leid(en) hervorrufen, plagen; heimsuchen, befallen".
Zero misspellings are on record for afflict in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is afflict, spelled A-F-F-L-I-C-T.
Definition
- 1Leid(en) hervorrufen, plagen; heimsuchen, befallen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how afflict appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
More and more children are afflicted by allergies.
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.