veränderlich
[fɛɐ̯ˈʔɛndɐlɪç]
The verdict
“veränderlich” is uncommon German (frequency #59,307 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,307
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so, dass es sich verändern, ändern lässt
Corpus desk
Index DE-veranderlich · veränderlich · German
veränderlich · rank #59,307 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,307
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verzinst
Nearest frequency peer: verzinst (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “veränderlich”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- vertrauensw…
vertrauenswürdige
40,697 corpus weight
- Verve
Verve
40,696 corpus weight
- verzinst
verzinst
40,695 corpus weight
- veränderlich
veränderlich
40,694 corpus weight
- vielschicht…
vielschichtige
40,693 corpus weight
- vierköpfige
vierköpfige
40,692 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “veränderlich” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | veränderlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʔɛndɐlɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #59,307 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “veränderlich” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
veränderlich is uncommon German at frequency #59,307 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʔɛndɐlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "so, dass es sich verändern, ändern lässt".
Zero misspellings are on record for veränderlich in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is veränderlich, spelled V-E-R-Ä-N-D-E-R-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1so, dass es sich verändern, ändern lässt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how veränderlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Veränderliche Sterne, variable Sterne oder kurz Veränderliche, sind Sterne, die von der Erde aus gesehen Helligkeitsschwankungen in einem Zeitraum von weniger als einem Jahrhundert aufweisen. Diese Helligkeitsschwankungen sind nicht zu verwechseln mit der Szintillation, dem Funkeln der Sterne, welches durch Luftunruhe hervorgerufen wird.“
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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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