veritabel

[veʁiˈtaːbəl]

/[veʁiˈtaːbəl]/ adj

The verdict

“veritabel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wahrlich, wahr, wahrhaft, wahrhaftig, echt, unverfälscht

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Index DE-veritabel · veritabel · German

veritabel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "V" 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.

Key facts for veritabel
PropertyValue
Headwordveritabel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[veʁiˈtaːbəl]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „veritabel“ im Deutschen

veritabelliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

veritabel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [veʁiˈtaːbəl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wahrlich, wahr, wahrhaft, wahrhaftig, echt, unverfälscht".

No misspelling variants are generated for veritabel in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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. The correct German form is veritabel, spelled V-E-R-I-T-A-B-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    wahrlich, wahr, wahrhaft, wahrhaftig, echt, unverfälscht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how veritabel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Das war ein veritabler Glücksfall.
  2. „Somit ist es im 70. Jahr nach Erscheinen der ersten Notopfermarken im Dezember 1948 gelungen, eine veritable Neuentdeckung zu diesem äußerst interessanten Gebiet der deutschen Nachkriegsphilatelie zu tätigen.“

Synonyms

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "veritabel"?
"veritabel" is spelled V-E-R-I-T-A-B-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [veʁiˈtaːbəl].
What does "veritabel" mean?
As an adjective, "veritabel" means: wahrlich, wahr, wahrhaft, wahrhaftig, echt, unverfälscht
How do you pronounce "veritabel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "veritabel" is [veʁiˈtaːbəl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "veritabel" come from?
"veritabel" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list