effilieren
[ɛfiˈliːʁən]
The verdict
“effilieren” 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) - zu dicht wachsende Haare mit einem Effiliermesser oder einer Effilierschere herausschneiden
Corpus desk
Index DE-effilieren · effilieren · German
effilieren · 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 "E" 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 | effilieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛfiˈliːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „effilieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
effilieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛfiˈliːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zu dicht wachsende Haare mit einem Effiliermesser oder einer Effilierschere herausschneiden".
Zero misspellings are on record for effilieren in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is effilieren, spelled E-F-F-I-L-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1zu dicht wachsende Haare mit einem Effiliermesser oder einer Effilierschere herausschneiden
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.