verkohlt

[fɛɐ̯ˈkoːlt]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈkoːlt]/ adj

The verdict

“verkohlt” is uncommon German (frequency #76,345 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,345
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu einer schwarzen Substanz geworden, die Kohle ähnelt

Corpus desk

Index DE-verkohlt · verkohlt · German

verkohlt · rank #76,345 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,345
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verkorkst

Nearest frequency peer: verkorkst (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „verkohlt“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verkohlt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verkohlt
PropertyValue
Headwordverkohlt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈkoːlt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#76,345
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verkohlt“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.verkohltfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verkorkst“ (#76,346), „verkorksten“ (#76,347), „verhärten“ (#76,342). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verkohlt“ bei #76,345. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verkohlt is uncommon German at frequency #76,345 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈkoːlt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zu einer schwarzen Substanz geworden, die Kohle ähnelt".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verkohlt, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 verkohlt, spelled V-E-R-K-O-H-L-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    zu einer schwarzen Substanz geworden, die Kohle ähnelt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Unter der Überschrift prangten zwei Bilder, ein attraktives Stockfoto-Model mit rotem Haar und daneben ein verkohlter Leichnam, der so bearbeitet war, dass er gruselig glatt aussah und mit seltsam weißen Augen in die Kamera starrte.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verkohlt"?
"verkohlt" is spelled V-E-R-K-O-H-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈkoːlt].
What does "verkohlt" mean?
As an adjective, "verkohlt" means: zu einer schwarzen Substanz geworden, die Kohle ähnelt
How do you pronounce "verkohlt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verkohlt" is [fɛɐ̯ˈkoːlt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verkohlt" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "verkohlt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list