desolate

[dezoˈlaːtə]

/[dezoˈlaːtə]/ adj

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The verdict

“desolate” is uncommon German (frequency #83,842 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,842
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-desolate · desolate · German

desolate · rank #83,842 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,842
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dermatologen

Nearest frequency peer: Dermatologen (-1 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 „desolate“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „desolate“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for desolate
PropertyValue
Headworddesolate
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[dezoˈlaːtə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#83,842
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „desolate“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).desolatefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Dermatologen“ (#83,841), „detektiert“ (#83,843), „Dermatitis“ (#83,840). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „desolate“ bei #83,842. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desolate is uncommon German at frequency #83,842 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [dezoˈlaːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for desolate, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is desolate, spelled D-E-S-O-L-A-T-E.

Definition

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

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desolate"?
"desolate" is spelled D-E-S-O-L-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [dezoˈlaːtə].
What does "desolate" mean?
As an adjective, "desolate" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs desolat
How do you pronounce "desolate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desolate" is [dezoˈlaːtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "desolate", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list