encumber
[ɪnˈkʌmbəʳ]
The verdict
“encumber” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich etwas aufbürden
Corpus desk
Index DE-encumber · encumber · German
encumber · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | encumber |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɪnˈkʌmbəʳ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „encumber“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
encumber is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɪnˈkʌmbəʳ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich etwas aufbürden".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for encumber, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 encumber, spelled E-N-C-U-M-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1sich etwas aufbürden
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.