verwaschen
\fɛɐ̯ˈvaʃn̩\
The verdict
“verwaschen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Délavé, décoloré.
Corpus desk
Index FR-verwaschen · verwaschen · French
verwaschen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | verwaschen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈvaʃn̩\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
verwaschen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈvaʃn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Délavé, décoloré.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verwaschen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is verwaschen, spelled V-E-R-W-A-S-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Délavé, décoloré.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how verwaschen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es ist zehn Uhr, der Termin war um neun Uhr. Von nun an wird nichts mehr dem Zufall überlassen: seine unverschämte Verspätung, seine Sandalen, seine verwaschenen Jeans und sein weißes Baumwollhemd mit Nehru-Kragen, sein Rucksack aus Leinen.
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.