harass

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The verdict

“harass” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden wiederholt stören und ein Unwohlsein erzeugen

Corpus desk

Index DE-harass · harass · German

harass · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" 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.

Key facts for harass
PropertyValue
Headwordharass
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “harass” sits in German frequency

harasssits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent German words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

harass is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for harass in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is harass, spelled H-A-R-A-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden wiederholt stören und ein Unwohlsein erzeugen
  2. 2
    durch wiederholte Angriffe stören

Synonyms

annoybadgermolestpesterplagueteasevexworryharry

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "harass"?
"harass" is spelled H-A-R-A-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "harass" mean?
As a verb, "harass" means: jemanden wiederholt stören und ein Unwohlsein erzeugen
How do you pronounce "harass"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "harass" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list