debilitate
[dɪˈbɪlɪteɪt]
The verdict
“debilitate” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (jemanden oder etwas) schwächen; entkräften; an den Kräften zehren
Corpus desk
Index DE-debilitate · debilitate · German
debilitate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | debilitate |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [dɪˈbɪlɪteɪt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „debilitate“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
debilitate is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [dɪˈbɪlɪteɪt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(jemanden oder etwas) schwächen; entkräften; an den Kräften zehren".
No misspelling variants are generated for debilitate in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is debilitate, spelled D-E-B-I-L-I-T-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1(jemanden oder etwas) schwächen; entkräften; an den Kräften zehren
Synonyms
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.