Verriss

[fɛɐ̯ˈʁɪs]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʁɪs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Verriss” is uncommon German (frequency #92,401 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,401
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - harte, vernichtende Kritik

Corpus desk

Index DE-verriss · Verriss · German

Verriss · rank #92,401 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,401
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verriegeln

Nearest frequency peer: verriegeln (-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 „Verriss“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Verriss
PropertyValue
HeadwordVerriss
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʁɪs]
Letters7
Frequency rank#92,401
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Verriss“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Verrissfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verriegeln“ (#92,400), „verschiedenem“ (#92,402), „verschlafenen“ (#92,403). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Verriss“ bei #92,401. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Verriss is uncommon German at frequency #92,401 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʁɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "harte, vernichtende Kritik".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Verriss, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Verriss, spelled V-E-R-R-I-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    harte, vernichtende Kritik

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Zeitung druckte einen Verriss über das neue Theaterstück.
  2. „Subjektivität und sprachliche Gefühlsseligkeit, Leckerbissen für entsprechend bissige Verrisse, sind heute weit weniger gefragt als noch vor Jahren.“

This word in other languages

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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 "Verriss"?
"Verriss" is spelled V-E-R-R-I-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʁɪs].
What does "Verriss" mean?
As a noun, "Verriss" means: harte, vernichtende Kritik
How do you pronounce "Verriss"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Verriss" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʁɪs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Verriss" come from?
"Verriss" 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 "Verriss", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Velburg#92,380Voliere#92,427umgarnt#92,341tüfteln#92,336

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list