Verlesung

[fɛɐ̯ˈleːzʊŋ]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈleːzʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Verlesung” is uncommon German (frequency #63,904 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,904
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vortrag eines Textes

Corpus desk

Index DE-verlesung · Verlesung · German

Verlesung · rank #63,904 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,904
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Verlaufs

Nearest frequency peer: Verlaufs (-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 „Verlesung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Verlesung
PropertyValue
HeadwordVerlesung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈleːzʊŋ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#63,904
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Verlesung“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Verlaufs“ (#63,903), „vermeintliches“ (#63,905), „vermögend“ (#63,906). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Verlesung“ bei #63,904. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Verlesung is uncommon German at frequency #63,904 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈleːzʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vortrag eines Textes".

Verlesung has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Verlesung, spelled V-E-R-L-E-S-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vortrag eines Textes

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Die Verlesung der Disposition dauerte über eine Stunde.“

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 "Verlesung"?
"Verlesung" is spelled V-E-R-L-E-S-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈleːzʊŋ].
What does "Verlesung" mean?
As a noun, "Verlesung" means: Vortrag eines Textes
How do you pronounce "Verlesung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Verlesung" is [fɛɐ̯ˈleːzʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Verlesung" come from?
"Verlesung" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vermögend#63,906verfilmen#63,896versteift#63,912Vollmilch#63,919

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list