serpent
[sɛʁ.pɑ̃]
The verdict
“serpent” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schlange
Corpus desk
Index DE-serpent · serpent · German
serpent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | serpent |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sɛʁ.pɑ̃] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „serpent“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
serpent is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [sɛʁ.pɑ̃]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schlange".
Zero misspellings are on record for serpent in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is serpent, spelled S-E-R-P-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Schlange
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