veräppeln
[fɛɐ̯ˈʔɛpl̩n]
The verdict
“veräppeln” is uncommon German (frequency #74,148 among 49,639 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,148
- frequency rank, German
- 49,639
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemanden an der Nase herumführen, sich einen Spaß mit jemandem erlauben
Corpus desk
Index DE-verappeln · veräppeln · German
veräppeln · rank #74,148 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,148
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,639
- PHOTO-FINISH verändertem
Nearest frequency peer: verändertem (-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 “veräppeln”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- verweilte
verweilte
25,857 corpus weight
- verwirrenden
verwirrenden
25,856 corpus weight
- verändertem
verändertem
25,854 corpus weight
- veräppeln
veräppeln
25,853 corpus weight
- voi
voi
25,851 corpus weight
- vorgelagert
vorgelagert
25,849 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “veräppeln” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | veräppeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʔɛpl̩n] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,148 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “veräppeln” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
veräppeln is uncommon German at frequency #74,148 among 49,639 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʔɛpl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden an der Nase herumführen, sich einen Spaß mit jemandem erlauben".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for veräppeln, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is veräppeln, spelled V-E-R-Ä-P-P-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden an der Nase herumführen, sich einen Spaß mit jemandem erlauben
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.