gebrechlich
[ɡəˈbʁɛçlɪç]
The verdict
“gebrechlich” is uncommon German (frequency #86,507 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,507
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - körperlich beeinträchtigt
Corpus desk
Index DE-gebrechlich · gebrechlich · German
gebrechlich · rank #86,507 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,507
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gastraum
Nearest frequency peer: Gastraum (-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 „gebrechlich“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gasflasche
Gasflasche
13,496 corpus weight
- Gastraum
Gastraum
13,495 corpus weight
- gebrechlich
gebrechlich
13,494 corpus weight
- gecancelt
gecancelt
13,492 corpus weight
- gedeckter
gedeckter
13,491 corpus weight
- geduzt
geduzt
13,490 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „gebrechlich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gebrechlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈbʁɛçlɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #86,507 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gebrechlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gebrechlich is uncommon German at frequency #86,507 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈbʁɛçlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "körperlich beeinträchtigt".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gebrechlich, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is gebrechlich, spelled G-E-B-R-E-C-H-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1körperlich beeinträchtigt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gebrechlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zum Glück ist da die sanfte, gebrechliche Urgroßmutter, die ihr von der Sklaverei erzählt und von den sechzehn Kindern, die sie von ihrem weißen Herrn bekommen hat.“
This word in other languages
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.
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