entflecken
[ɛntˈflɛkn̩]
The verdict
“entflecken” 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) - Flecken von/aus etwas entfernen, verschmutzte Stellen reinigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-entflecken · entflecken · German
entflecken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | entflecken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛntˈflɛkn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „entflecken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
entflecken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈflɛkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Flecken von/aus etwas entfernen, verschmutzte Stellen reinigen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for entflecken in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is entflecken, spelled E-N-T-F-L-E-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Flecken von/aus etwas entfernen, verschmutzte Stellen reinigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how entflecken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ob es der Reinigung wohl gelingt, dieses Hemd zu entflecken?
Antonyms
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.