verlacht

[fɛɐ̯ˈlaxt]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈlaxt]/ verb

The verdict

“verlacht” is uncommon German (frequency #93,783 among 49,639 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,783
frequency rank, German
49,639
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verlachen

Corpus desk

Index DE-verlacht · verlacht · German

verlacht · rank #93,783 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,783
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 49,639
  • PHOTO-FINISH verklungen

Nearest frequency peer: verklungen (-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 “verlacht”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “verlacht” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for verlacht
PropertyValue
Headwordverlacht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈlaxt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#93,783
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “verlacht” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). verlacht lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verlacht is uncommon German at frequency #93,783 among 49,639 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈlaxt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verlacht, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is verlacht, spelled V-E-R-L-A-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verlachen
  2. 2
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verlachen
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verlachen

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verlacht"?
"verlacht" is spelled V-E-R-L-A-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈlaxt].
What does "verlacht" mean?
As a verb, "verlacht" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verlachen
How do you pronounce "verlacht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verlacht" is [fɛɐ̯ˈlaxt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verlacht" come from?
"verlacht" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list