Verlies
[fɛɐ̯ˈliːs]
The verdict
“Verlies” is uncommon German (frequency #50,986 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,986
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zumeist kleiner, unterirdisch gelegener Raum (der historisch vor allem als Gefängnis diente)
Corpus desk
Index DE-verlies · Verlies · German
Verlies · rank #50,986 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,986
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vermengt
Nearest frequency peer: vermengt (+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 „Verlies“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- vergast
vergast
49,019 corpus weight
- vergänglich
vergänglich
49,018 corpus weight
- verherrlicht
verherrlicht
49,017 corpus weight
- Verlies
Verlies
49,015 corpus weight
- vermengt
vermengt
49,014 corpus weight
- vernahm
vernahm
49,013 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Verlies“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Verlies |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈliːs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Verlies“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Verlies is uncommon German at frequency #50,986 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈliːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zumeist kleiner, unterirdisch gelegener Raum (der historisch vor allem als Gefängnis diente)".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Verlies, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Verlies, spelled V-E-R-L-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1zumeist kleiner, unterirdisch gelegener Raum (der historisch vor allem als Gefängnis diente)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Verlies appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Gefangene fand sich im Verlies wieder.
„Dann hörten wir, wie einige schwere Schlösser sorgfältig verriegelt wurden, und hatten Zeit, uns in unserem Verliese umzusehen.“
This word in other languages
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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