violent

[ˈvaɪələnt]

/[ˈvaɪələnt]/ adj

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The verdict

“violent” is uncommon German (frequency #91,091 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,091
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gewalttätig, brutal

Corpus desk

Index DE-violent · violent · German

violent · rank #91,091 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,091
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vio

Nearest frequency peer: vio (-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 „violent“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for violent
PropertyValue
Headwordviolent
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈvaɪələnt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#91,091
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „violent“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).violentfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „vio“ (#91,090), „viere“ (#91,089), „Vogelnest“ (#91,093). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „violent“ bei #91,091. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

violent is uncommon German at frequency #91,091 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈvaɪələnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gewalttätig, brutal".

No generated misspelling entries exist for violent in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is violent, spelled V-I-O-L-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    gewalttätig, brutal

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. After fierce debate the federal government responded to a series of violent excesses of Kurdish extremists with a tightening of criminal law pertaining to foreigners.

This word in other languages

violent(Français)

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 "violent"?
"violent" is spelled V-I-O-L-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvaɪələnt].
What does "violent" mean?
As an adjective, "violent" means: gewalttätig, brutal
How do you pronounce "violent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "violent" is [ˈvaɪələnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "violent" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "violent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

victims#91,086weither#91,136willing#91,153witness#91,159

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list