quälte
[ˈkvɛːltə]
The verdict
“quälte” is uncommon German (frequency #54,825 among 216 “Q” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,825
- frequency rank, German
- 216
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs quälen
Corpus desk
Index DE-qualte · quälte · German
quälte · rank #54,825 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,825
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 216
- PHOTO-FINISH qualifiziertes
Nearest frequency peer: qualifiziertes (-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 „quälte“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Puppentheat…
Puppentheater
45,180 corpus weight
- qualifizier…
qualifiziertes
45,177 corpus weight
- quälte
quälte
45,176 corpus weight
- racine
racine
45,175 corpus weight
- RAL
RAL
45,173 corpus weight
- Ranglisten
Ranglisten
45,172 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „quälte“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quälte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkvɛːltə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,825 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „quälte“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
quälte is uncommon German at frequency #54,825 among 216 “Q” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkvɛːltə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
quälte has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is quälte, spelled Q-U-Ä-L-T-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs quälen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs quälen
- 31. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs quälen
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs quälen
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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