visage

[vizaːʒ]

/[vizaːʒ]/ noun

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The verdict

“visage” is uncommon German (frequency #53,349 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,349
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Antlitz, Gesicht, Angesicht

Corpus desk

Index DE-visage · visage · German

visage · rank #53,349 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,349
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vill

Nearest frequency peer: vill (-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 „visage“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for visage
PropertyValue
Headwordvisage
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[vizaːʒ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#53,349
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „visage“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „vill“ (#53,348), „Viskosität“ (#53,350), „Verstrickungen“ (#53,346). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „visage“ bei #53,349. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

visage is uncommon German at frequency #53,349 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [vizaːʒ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Antlitz, Gesicht, Angesicht".

No misspelling variants are generated for visage in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is visage, spelled V-I-S-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Antlitz, Gesicht, Angesicht

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 "visage"?
"visage" is spelled V-I-S-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [vizaːʒ].
What does "visage" mean?
As a noun, "visage" means: Antlitz, Gesicht, Angesicht
How do you pronounce "visage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "visage" is [vizaːʒ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "visage" come from?
"visage" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vergib#53,335Waagen#53,363Unwort#53,324wettet#53,380

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list