verschlissen
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɪsn̩]
The verdict
“verschlissen” is uncommon German (frequency #68,836 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,836
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch Verschleiß beschädigt oder unbrauchbar gemacht
Corpus desk
Index DE-verschlissen · verschlissen · German
verschlissen · rank #68,836 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,836
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verschleppten
Nearest frequency peer: verschleppten (-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 „verschlissen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- verrühren
verrühren
31,167 corpus weight
- verschleppt…
verschleppten
31,166 corpus weight
- verschlissen
verschlissen
31,165 corpus weight
- versiegen
versiegen
31,164 corpus weight
- versohlen
versohlen
31,163 corpus weight
- versprichst
versprichst
31,162 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verschlissen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verschlissen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɪsn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #68,836 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verschlissen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verschlissen is uncommon German at frequency #68,836 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɪsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "durch Verschleiß beschädigt oder unbrauchbar gemacht".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verschlissen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is verschlissen, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-L-I-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch Verschleiß beschädigt oder unbrauchbar gemacht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how verschlissen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Weil Günthers Reifen verschlissen sind, muss er sich einen Satz neue Reifen kaufen.
Synonyms
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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