verlieben
\fɛɐ̯ˈliːbn̩\
The verdict
“verlieben” 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) - Tomber amoureux, tomber amoureuse, s’éprendre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-verlieben · verlieben · French
verlieben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verlieben |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈliːbn̩\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « verlieben » en français
Rare enough to double-check
verlieben is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈliːbn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tomber amoureux, tomber amoureuse, s’éprendre.".
verlieben has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is verlieben, spelled V-E-R-L-I-E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tomber amoureux, tomber amoureuse, s’éprendre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verlieben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hat sich Hals über Kopf in sie verliebt.
Ich bin in dich verliebt.
Synonyms
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.