wertloses

[ˈveːɐ̯tˌloːzəs]

/[ˈveːɐ̯tˌloːzəs]/ adj

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The verdict

“wertloses” is uncommon German (frequency #99,338 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,338
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wertlos

Corpus desk

Index DE-wertloses · wertloses · German

wertloses · rank #99,338 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,338
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Werthers

Nearest frequency peer: Werthers (-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 „wertloses“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for wertloses
PropertyValue
Headwordwertloses
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈveːɐ̯tˌloːzəs]
Letters9
Frequency rank#99,338
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „wertloses“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Werthers“ (#99,337), „Westler“ (#99,339), „westlichsten“ (#99,340). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „wertloses“ bei #99,338. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wertloses is uncommon German at frequency #99,338 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈveːɐ̯tˌloːzəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

wertloses doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is wertloses, spelled W-E-R-T-L-O-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wertlos
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wertlos
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wertlos
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wertlos

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 "wertloses"?
"wertloses" is spelled W-E-R-T-L-O-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈveːɐ̯tˌloːzəs].
What does "wertloses" mean?
As an adjective, "wertloses" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wertlos
How do you pronounce "wertloses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wertloses" is [ˈveːɐ̯tˌloːzəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list