verloren
\fɛɐ̯ˈloːʁən\
The verdict
“verloren” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Perdu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-verloren · verloren · French
verloren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verloren |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈloːʁən\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
verloren is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈloːʁən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verloren, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is verloren, spelled V-E-R-L-O-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Perdu.
- 2Égaré.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verloren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
(Die Menschenrechtsaktivisten) führten einen von vornherein verlorenen Kampf in einem Land, in dem man sich um Freiheiten auf dem Papier wenig sorgt, solange jeder das Recht hat, sich zu bereichern.
Er hatte einen weißlichen Teint, trotz der Tage an der Sonne, und über seine Stirn verliefen Sorgenfalten. Schwarze, etwas angegraute, kurze Haare, üppiger Schnurrbart. Er schaute traurig drein, sogar fast verloren. Ich gab ihm etwas mehr als fünfundvierzig Jahre.
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.