vergesslich

/[fɛɐ̯ˈɡɛslɪç]/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#55,811

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

vergesslich is anGermanadj. It means: schwaches Gedächtnis, schwaches Erinnerungsvermögen habend Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈɡɛslɪç].

Key facts for vergesslich
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Headwordvergesslich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈɡɛslɪç]
Letters11
Frequency rank#55,811
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of vergesslich in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for vergesslich is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈɡɛslɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #55,811 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "schwaches Gedächtnis, schwaches Erinnerungsvermögen habend".

No misspelling variants are generated for vergesslich in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is vergesslich, spelled V-E-R-G-E-S-S-L-I-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    schwaches Gedächtnis, schwaches Erinnerungsvermögen habend

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Frequency rank: #55,811 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vergesslich"?
"vergesslich" is spelled V-E-R-G-E-S-S-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈɡɛslɪç].
What does "vergesslich" mean?
As an adj, "vergesslich" means: schwaches Gedächtnis, schwaches Erinnerungsvermögen habend
How do you pronounce "vergesslich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vergesslich" is [fɛɐ̯ˈɡɛslɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vergesslich" come from?
"vergesslich" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.