quälend

[ˈkvɛːlənt]

/[ˈkvɛːlənt]/ adj

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The verdict

“quälend” is uncommon German (frequency #62,766 among 216 “Q” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,766
frequency rank, German
216
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Qual verbunden

Corpus desk

Index DE-qualend · quälend · German

quälend · rank #62,766 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,766
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 216
  • PHOTO-FINISH Quellenlage

Nearest frequency peer: Quellenlage (-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 „quälend“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for quälend
PropertyValue
Headwordquälend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈkvɛːlənt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#62,766
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „quälend“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.quälendfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Quellenlage“ (#62,765), „Qualle“ (#62,764), „Rachefeldzug“ (#62,768). Unter 216 „Q“-Lemmata liegt „quälend“ bei #62,766. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quälend is uncommon German at frequency #62,766 among 216 “Q” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkvɛːlənt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit Qual verbunden".

quälend has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 quälend, spelled Q-U-Ä-L-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit Qual verbunden

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Die quälende Hitze macht vielen Menschen zu schaffen.

Antonyms

angenehm

This word in other languages

excruciating(English)tourmentant(Français)

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 "quälend"?
"quälend" is spelled Q-U-Ä-L-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkvɛːlənt].
What does "quälend" mean?
As an adjective, "quälend" means: mit Qual verbunden
How do you pronounce "quälend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quälend" is [ˈkvɛːlənt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quälend" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Pusteln#62,762Rappers#62,772raubten#62,774Raubzug#62,775

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list