enträtseln

[ɛntˈʁɛːt͡sl̩n]

/[ɛntˈʁɛːt͡sl̩n]/ verb

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The verdict

“enträtseln” is uncommon German (frequency #92,840 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,840
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas herausfinden, was in einem schwer zu verstehenden Objekt oder Sachverhalt verborgen ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-entratseln · enträtseln · German

enträtseln · rank #92,840 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,840
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Entlüftung

Nearest frequency peer: Entlüftung (-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 „enträtseln“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for enträtseln
PropertyValue
Headwordenträtseln
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛntˈʁɛːt͡sl̩n]
Letters10
Frequency rank#92,840
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „enträtseln“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Entlüftung“ (#92,839), „Entführern“ (#92,838), „entsetzte“ (#92,842). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „enträtseln“ bei #92,840. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

enträtseln is uncommon German at frequency #92,840 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛntˈʁɛːt͡sl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas herausfinden, was in einem schwer zu verstehenden Objekt oder Sachverhalt verborgen ist".

enträtseln has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 enträtseln, spelled E-N-T-R-Ä-T-S-E-L-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas herausfinden, was in einem schwer zu verstehenden Objekt oder Sachverhalt verborgen ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how enträtseln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wie sollen wir den diese Abschrift jemals enträtseln?
  2. Das Geheimnis der verschwundenen Sphinx ist enträtselt!

This word in other languages

unravel(English)

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 "enträtseln"?
"enträtseln" is spelled E-N-T-R-Ä-T-S-E-L-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛntˈʁɛːt͡sl̩n].
What does "enträtseln" mean?
As a verb, "enträtseln" means: etwas herausfinden, was in einem schwer zu verstehenden Objekt oder Sachverhalt verborgen ist
How do you pronounce "enträtseln"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enträtseln" is [ɛntˈʁɛːt͡sl̩n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enträtseln" come from?
"enträtseln" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Entlüftung#92,839Entführern#92,838Endorphine#92,832Erdrutsche#92,850

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list