Verantwortung

[fɛɐ̯ˈʔantvɔʁtʊŋ]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʔantvɔʁtʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Verantwortung” has 21 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,575. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,575
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords
21
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Selbst-)Verpflichtung für eine Sache oder Person; Bereitschaft, für seine Handlungen einzustehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-verantwortung · Verantwortung · German

Verantwortung · rank #1,575 · 21 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,575
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 21 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tour

Nearest frequency peer: Tour (-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 „Verantwortung“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Verantwortung“ 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).

Verantwortung vs verantworten
77% similar

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

Key facts for Verantwortung
PropertyValue
HeadwordVerantwortung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʔantvɔʁtʊŋ]
Letters13
Frequency rank#1,575
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Verantwortung“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Verantwortungliegt 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: „Tour“ (#1,574), „Wege“ (#1,576), „Test“ (#1,573). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Verantwortung“ bei #1,575. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around Verantwortung (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈʔantvɔʁtʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,575 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for Verantwortung, with forms such as "evrantwortung", "vearntwortung", and "veranntwortung". 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, "verantworten", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Verantwortung, spelled V-E-R-A-N-T-W-O-R-T-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Selbst-)Verpflichtung für eine Sache oder Person; Bereitschaft, für seine Handlungen einzustehen
  2. 2
    Erklärung eines Angeklagten/Beschuldigten zur Beschuldigung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ich trage die Verantwortung.
  2. Wer diese Verantwortung übernimmt, steht mit einem Bein im Gefängnis.

Synonyms

AufsichtspflichtSorgfaltspflichtVerantwortlichkeitRechtfertigung

Antonyms

Verantwortungslosigkeit

This word in other languages

responsibility(English)responsabilidad(Español)responsabilité(Français)responsabilidade(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evrantwortung
  • vearntwortung
  • veranntwortung
  • verantowrtung
  • veranttwortung
  • verantworrtung
  • verantwortnug
  • verantworttung
  • verantwortugn
  • verantwortungg
  • verantwortunng
  • verantworutng
  • verantwotrung
  • verantwrotung
  • verantwwortung
  • veranwtortung
  • veratnwortung
  • vernatwortung
  • verrantwortung
  • vreantwortung
  • vverantwortung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Verantwortung - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

evrantwortung2vearntwortung2veranntwortung1verantowrtung2veranttwortung1verantworrtung1verantwortnug2verantworttung1
Edit distance from "Verantwortung"

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 "Verantwortung"?
"Verantwortung" is spelled V-E-R-A-N-T-W-O-R-T-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔantvɔʁtʊŋ].
What does "Verantwortung" mean?
As a noun, "Verantwortung" means: (Selbst-)Verpflichtung für eine Sache oder Person; Bereitschaft, für seine Handlungen einzustehen
What words are commonly confused with "Verantwortung"?
"Verantwortung" is commonly confused with "verantworten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Verantwortung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Verantwortung" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔantvɔʁtʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Verantwortung" come from?
"Verantwortung" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bürgermeister#1,587grundsätzlich#1,452abgeschlossen#1,720hauptsächlich#1,734

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).

offensichtlich21 variantsmöglicherweise21 variantsFranzösischen21 variantsVeranstaltung21 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list