verlengen

verb

The verdict

“verlengen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Allonger, rallonger, prolonger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-verlengen · verlengen · French

verlengen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "V" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for verlengen
PropertyValue
Headwordverlengen
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « verlengen » en français

verlengenn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verlengen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verlengen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is verlengen, spelled V-E-R-L-E-N-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Allonger, rallonger, prolonger.
  2. 2
    Prolonger.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Een weg verlengen.
  2. Een overeenkomst verlengen.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verlengen"?
"verlengen" is spelled V-E-R-L-E-N-G-E-N.
What does "verlengen" mean?
As a verb, "verlengen" means: Allonger, rallonger, prolonger.
What language does "verlengen" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list