Perversion

[pɛʁvɛʁˈzi̯oːn]

/[pɛʁvɛʁˈzi̯oːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Perversion” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #44,846. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,846
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verkehrung ins Krankhafte oder Abnorme beziehungsweise ein solches Empfinden und Verhalten

Corpus desk

Index DE-perversion · Perversion · German

Perversion · rank #44,846 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #44,846
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH personenbezog…

Nearest frequency peer: personenbezogene (-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 „Perversion“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Perversion“ 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).

Perversion vs perversen
70% similar

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

Key facts for Perversion
PropertyValue
HeadwordPerversion
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɛʁvɛʁˈzi̯oːn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#44,846
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Perversion“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Perversionliegt 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: „personenbezogene“ (#44,845), „Pergament“ (#44,844), „Pharmaunternehmen“ (#44,848). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Perversion“ bei #44,846. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around Perversion (IPA [pɛʁvɛʁˈzi̯oːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,846 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Verkehrung ins Krankhafte oder Abnorme beziehungsweise ein solches Empfinden und Verhalten".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Perversion, with forms such as "eprversion", "perevrsion", and "perrversion". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "perversen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Perversion, spelled P-E-R-V-E-R-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Verkehrung ins Krankhafte oder Abnorme beziehungsweise ein solches Empfinden und Verhalten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Perversion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wie allerdings das Morden im Namen Gottes aus christlicher Sicht eine Perversion des Gottesnamens darstellt, so ist es irreführend und pervers, Selbstmordattentäter mit dem Ehrentitel von Märtyrern zu schmücken.
  2. „Es ist ein ungeheuerlicher, fast monströser Trieb, aber wir werden sehn, daß Sade ihm den Anspruch verdankt, der erste Systematologe der Perversionen gewesen zu sein, hundert Jahre vor Krafft Ebing.“

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprversion
  • perevrsion
  • perrversion
  • perverison
  • perverrsion
  • perversino
  • perversionn
  • perversoin
  • perverssion
  • pervesrion
  • pervresion
  • pervversion
  • pevrersion
  • pperversion
  • preversion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

eprversion2perevrsion2perrversion1perverison2perverrsion1perversino2perversionn1perversoin2
Edit distance from "Perversion"

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 "Perversion"?
"Perversion" is spelled P-E-R-V-E-R-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [pɛʁvɛʁˈzi̯oːn].
What does "Perversion" mean?
As a noun, "Perversion" means: Verkehrung ins Krankhafte oder Abnorme beziehungsweise ein solches Empfinden und Verhalten
What words are commonly confused with "Perversion"?
"Perversion" is commonly confused with "perversen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Perversion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Perversion" is [pɛʁvɛʁˈzi̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Perversion" come from?
"Perversion" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list