debile

Name: debile, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[deˈbiːlə]

/[deˈbiːlə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“debile” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German: 6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs debil

Corpus desk

Index DE-debile · debile · German

debile · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-THIN "D" 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.

Key facts for debile
Property	Value
Headword	debile
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[deˈbiːlə]
Letters	6
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „debile“ im Deutschen

debileliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

debile is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [deˈbiːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for debile in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is debile, spelled D-E-B-I-L-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs debil
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs debil
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs debil
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs debil
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs debil
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs debil
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs debil
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs debil
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs debil

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "debile"?

"debile" is spelled D-E-B-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [deˈbiːlə].

What does "debile" mean?

As an adjective, "debile" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs debil

How do you pronounce "debile"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "debile" is [deˈbiːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "debile" come from?

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