verlang
[fɛɐ̯ˈlaŋ]
The verdict
“verlang” is uncommon German (frequency #83,457 among 49,639 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,457
- frequency rank, German
- 49,639
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verlangen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verlang · verlang · German
verlang · rank #83,457 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,457
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,639
- PHOTO-FINISH verkünde
Nearest frequency peer: verkünde (-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 “verlang”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- verkackte
verkackte
16,547 corpus weight
- verkomplizi…
verkompliziert
16,546 corpus weight
- verkünde
verkünde
16,545 corpus weight
- verlang
verlang
16,544 corpus weight
- verlaufenen
verlaufenen
16,543 corpus weight
- verloben
verloben
16,542 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “verlang” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verlang |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈlaŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,457 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verlang” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
verlang is uncommon German at frequency #83,457 among 49,639 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈlaŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verlangen".
Zero misspellings are on record for verlang in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 verlang, spelled V-E-R-L-A-N-G.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verlangen
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 7 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.