verlässlich
[ˌfɛɐ̯ˈlɛslɪç]
The verdict
“verlässlich” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,437. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,437
- frequency rank, German
- 49,639
- “V” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - so, dass man sich darauf verlassen kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-verlasslich · verlässlich · German
verlässlich · rank #19,437 · 17 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,437
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,639
- PHOTO-FINISH verfügbare
Nearest frequency peer: verfügbare (-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 “verlässlich”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Vereinigung…
Vereinigungen
80,567 corpus weight
- verflucht
verflucht
80,566 corpus weight
- verfügbare
verfügbare
80,565 corpus weight
- verlässlich
verlässlich
80,564 corpus weight
- versteigert
versteigert
80,563 corpus weight
- verweigerte
verweigerte
80,561 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “verlässlich” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verlässlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈlɛslɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #19,437 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verlässlich” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around verlässlich (IPA [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈlɛslɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,437 among 49,639 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "so, dass man sich darauf verlassen kann".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for verlässlich, with forms such as "evrlässlich", "velrässlich", and "verllässlich". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "verlässliche", "verlässlichen", "verlässlicher", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is verlässlich, spelled V-E-R-L-Ä-S-S-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1so, dass man sich darauf verlassen kann
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrlässlich
- velrässlich
- verllässlich
- verlsäslich
- verläslich
- verläslsich
- verlässilch
- verlässlcih
- verlässlicch
- verlässlichh
- verlässlihc
- verlässllich
- verläßlich
- verrlässlich
- verälsslich
- vrelässlich
- vverlässlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verlässlich - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "verlässlich", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).
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.