perverse

[pɛʁˈvɛʁzə]

/[pɛʁˈvɛʁzə]/ adj

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The verdict

“perverse” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,848. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,848
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pervers

Corpus desk

Index DE-perverse · perverse · German

perverse · rank #22,848 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,848
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Personalien

Nearest frequency peer: Personalien (-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 „perverse“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „perverse“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

perverse vs perversen
89% similar
perverse vs perverser
89% similar
perverse vs pervers
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for perverse
PropertyValue
Headwordperverse
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[pɛʁˈvɛʁzə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#22,848
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „perverse“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).perverseliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Personalien“ (#22,847), „Psychologin“ (#22,849), „paranoid“ (#22,846). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „perverse“ bei #22,848. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around perverse (IPA [pɛʁˈvɛʁzə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,848 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for perverse, with forms such as "eprverse", "perevrse", and "perrverse". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "perversen", "perverser", "pervers", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is perverse, spelled P-E-R-V-E-R-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pervers
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pervers
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pervers
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pervers
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pervers
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pervers
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pervers
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pervers
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pervers

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprverse
  • perevrse
  • perrverse
  • perveres
  • perverrse
  • perversse
  • pervesre
  • pervrese
  • pervverse
  • pevrerse
  • pperverse
  • preverse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of perverse - 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.

eprverse2perevrse2perrverse1perveres2perverrse1perversse1pervesre2pervrese2
Edit distance from "perverse"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perverse"?
"perverse" is spelled P-E-R-V-E-R-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [pɛʁˈvɛʁzə].
What does "perverse" mean?
As an adjective, "perverse" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pervers
What words are commonly confused with "perverse"?
"perverse" is commonly confused with "perversen", "perverser", "pervers". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "perverse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perverse" is [pɛʁˈvɛʁzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perverse" come from?
"perverse" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "perverse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

paranoid#22,846Ratingen#22,856monument#22,830Rockstar#22,868

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Rezession12 variantsmarkante12 variantssinnliche12 variantskompakte12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list