debil
[deˈbiːl]
The verdict
“debil” is uncommon German (frequency #95,416 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,416
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein wenig geistig behindert
Corpus desk
Index DE-debil · debil · German
debil · rank #95,416 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,416
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Demokratin
Nearest frequency peer: Demokratin (+2 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „debil“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- dauere
dauere
4,590 corpus weight
- Dauerthema
Dauerthema
4,589 corpus weight
- Dauerwelle
Dauerwelle
4,588 corpus weight
- debil
debil
4,585 corpus weight
- Demokratin
Demokratin
4,583 corpus weight
- demons
demons
4,582 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „debil“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | debil |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [deˈbiːl] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #95,416 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „debil“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
debil is uncommon German at frequency #95,416 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [deˈbiːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein wenig geistig behindert".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for debil, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists 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 German form is debil, spelled D-E-B-I-L.
Definition
- 1ein wenig geistig behindert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how debil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese Blockwarte müssen ja leicht debil sein.
„Das Ehepaar vid Berbisá und sein debiler Sohn wohnten in einem dreistöckigen Betonhaus in Kolbeinagjógv.“
This word in other languages
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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