missverstehen
[ˈmɪsfɛɐ̯ˌʃteːən]
The verdict
“missverstehen” has 20 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,678. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,678
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (jemanden/etwas) inhaltlich oder akustisch nicht richtig verstehen/einschätzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-missverstehen · missverstehen · German
missverstehen · rank #37,678 · 20 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,678
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH misslang
Nearest frequency peer: misslang (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „missverstehen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- mis
mis
62,325 corpus weight
- misslang
misslang
62,324 corpus weight
- missversteh…
missverstehen
62,323 corpus weight
- Mittelständ…
Mittelständler
62,322 corpus weight
- Mollath
Mollath
62,321 corpus weight
- Monheim
Monheim
62,320 corpus weight
What this shows „missverstehen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | missverstehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈmɪsfɛɐ̯ˌʃteːən] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #37,678 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „missverstehen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around missverstehen (IPA [ˈmɪsfɛɐ̯ˌʃteːən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,678 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(jemanden/etwas) inhaltlich oder akustisch nicht richtig verstehen/einschätzen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for missverstehen, with forms such as "imssverstehen", "missevrstehen", and "missverrstehen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is missverstehen, spelled M-I-S-S-V-E-R-S-T-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1(jemanden/etwas) inhaltlich oder akustisch nicht richtig verstehen/einschätzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how missverstehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das dritte Kapitel widmet sich dem Begriff, der wohl am meisten mit Charles Darwin verknüpft wird – und am meisten missverstanden wurde: der ‚Kampf ums Dasein‘. Denn so martialisch wollte der Autor nicht interpretiert werden.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imssverstehen
- missevrstehen
- missverrstehen
- missversethen
- missversstehen
- missversteehn
- missverstehenn
- missverstehhen
- missverstehne
- missverstheen
- missversttehen
- missvertsehen
- missvesrtehen
- missvrestehen
- missvverstehen
- misverstehen
- misvserstehen
- mißverstehen
- mmissverstehen
- msisverstehen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of missverstehen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).