desolation
[desəˈleɪʃn]
The verdict
“desolation” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Verwüstung, Verödung
Corpus desk
Index DE-desolation · desolation · German
desolation · 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 | desolation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [desəˈleɪʃn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „desolation“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
desolation is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [desəˈleɪʃn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
desolation has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 desolation, spelled D-E-S-O-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Verwüstung, Verödung
- 2Verlassenheit, Einsamkeit
- 3Trostlosigkeit, Elend
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.