quälende

[ˈkvɛːləndə]

/[ˈkvɛːləndə]/ adj

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The verdict

“quälende” is uncommon German (frequency #76,079 among 216 “Q” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,079
frequency rank, German
216
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs quälend

Corpus desk

Index DE-qualende · quälende · German

quälende · rank #76,079 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,079
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 216
  • PHOTO-FINISH Quizshow

Nearest frequency peer: Quizshow (-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 „quälende“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for quälende
PropertyValue
Headwordquälende
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈkvɛːləndə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#76,079
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „quälende“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).quälendefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Quizshow“ (#76,078), „Quäntchen“ (#76,080), „quinto“ (#76,077). Unter 216 „Q“-Lemmata liegt „quälende“ bei #76,079. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quälende is uncommon German at frequency #76,079 among 216 “Q” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkvɛːləndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

quälende has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is quälende, spelled Q-U-Ä-L-E-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs quälend
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs quälend
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs quälend
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs quälend
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs quälend
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs quälend
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs quälend
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs quälend
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs quälend

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 "quälende"?
"quälende" is spelled Q-U-Ä-L-E-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkvɛːləndə].
What does "quälende" mean?
As an adjective, "quälende" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs quälend
How do you pronounce "quälende"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quälende" is [ˈkvɛːləndə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quälende" come from?
"quälende" 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 "quälende", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Quizshow#76,078prekärer#76,067reiferen#76,098reinigte#76,099

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list