verpeilt
[fɛɐ̯ˈpaɪ̯lt]
The verdict
“verpeilt” is uncommon German (frequency #56,645 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,645
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf eine schräge Art merkwürdig und unpassend, unangepasst
Corpus desk
Index DE-verpeilt · verpeilt · German
verpeilt · rank #56,645 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,645
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vermummt
Nearest frequency peer: vermummt (-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 „verpeilt“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Verletzungs…
Verletzungsgefahr
43,359 corpus weight
- verlorenem
verlorenem
43,358 corpus weight
- vermummt
vermummt
43,357 corpus weight
- verpeilt
verpeilt
43,356 corpus weight
- verschleier…
verschleierte
43,354 corpus weight
- verschreibt
verschreibt
43,353 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verpeilt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verpeilt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈpaɪ̯lt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,645 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verpeilt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verpeilt is uncommon German at frequency #56,645 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈpaɪ̯lt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf eine schräge Art merkwürdig und unpassend, unangepasst".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verpeilt, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is verpeilt, spelled V-E-R-P-E-I-L-T.
Definition
- 1auf eine schräge Art merkwürdig und unpassend, unangepasst
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verpeilt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eine temporäre Personalrochade in der Firma gibt ihm die Chance, seinem Schwarm, dem ebenso hübschen wie verpeilten Simon, näher zu kommen.“
„So richtig leid kann einem ja auch sein gesunder Bruder tun, der jetzt irgendwo im schönen Australien bei zwei verpeilten Eltern mit Herzfehler und Geistesstörung aber ohne jeden moralischen Kompass aufwachsen muss.“
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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