Verschlag
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃlaːk]
The verdict
“Verschlag” is an uncommon German word, ranked #97,908 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #97,908
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kleiner, abgetrennter Raum
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Verschlag |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlaːk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #97,908 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Verschlag” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Verschlag is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlaːk]. Corpus data places it at rank #97,908 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "kleiner, abgetrennter Raum".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Verschlag in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Verschlag, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-L-A-G.
Definition
- 1kleiner, abgetrennter Raum
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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Using “Verschlag”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-S-C-H-L-A-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlaːk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.