verachtet
[fɛɐ̯ˈʔaxtət]
The verdict
“verachtet” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #22,549 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #22,549
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemandem gegenüber mit Geringschätzung auftretend, jemanden mit Abscheu ansehend
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verachtet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaxtət] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #22,549 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verachtet” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for verachtet is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaxtət]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,549 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "jemandem gegenüber mit Geringschätzung auftretend, jemanden mit Abscheu ansehend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for verachtet, with forms such as "evrachtet", "vearchtet", and "veracchtet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "veraltet", "verzichtet", "vernichtet", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is verachtet, spelled V-E-R-A-C-H-T-E-T.
Definition
- 1jemandem gegenüber mit Geringschätzung auftretend, jemanden mit Abscheu ansehend
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrachtet,vearchtet,veracchtet,verachett,verachhtet,verachtett,verachtte,verachttet,veracthet,verahctet,vercahtet,verrachtet,vreachtet,vverachtet
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verachtet - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “verachtet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-A-C-H-T-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaxtət] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “veraltet” - see the side-by-side comparison. verachtet vs veraltet
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.