verlässt
[fɛɐ̯ˈlɛst]
The verdict
“verlässt” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,860. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,860
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verlassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verlasst · verlässt · German
verlässt · rank #3,860 · 12 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,860
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Verletzung
Nearest frequency peer: Verletzung (-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 “verlässt”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- verbinden
verbinden
96,144 corpus weight
- Vereinigung
Vereinigung
96,143 corpus weight
- Verletzung
Verletzung
96,142 corpus weight
- verlässt
verlässt
96,141 corpus weight
- wars
wars
96,140 corpus weight
- weinen
weinen
96,139 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “verlässt” 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 | verlässt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈlɛst] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,860 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verlässt” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around verlässt (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈlɛst]), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,860 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for verlässt, with forms such as "evrlässt", "velrässt", and "verllässt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Verlust", "verlost", "verpass", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is verlässt, spelled V-E-R-L-Ä-S-S-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verlassen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verlassen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrlässt
- velrässt
- verllässt
- verlsäst
- verlässtt
- verläst
- verlästs
- verläßt
- verrlässt
- verälsst
- vrelässt
- vverlässt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verlässt - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "verlässt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "verlässt". Here's where to go from here.
- "verlässt" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Verlust". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,860 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "V" letter cohort. V–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.