verbessere

[fɛɐ̯ˈbɛsəʁə]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈbɛsəʁə]/ verb

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The verdict

“verbessere” is uncommon German (frequency #52,529 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,529
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verbessern

Corpus desk

Index DE-verbessere · verbessere · German

verbessere · rank #52,529 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,529
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Verallgemeine…

Nearest frequency peer: Verallgemeinerungen (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „verbessere“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verbessere“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verbessere
PropertyValue
Headwordverbessere
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈbɛsəʁə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#52,529
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verbessere“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).verbesserefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Verallgemeinerungen“ (#52,528), „verbrenne“ (#52,530), „Verbrenner“ (#52,531). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verbessere“ bei #52,529. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verbessere is uncommon German at frequency #52,529 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈbɛsəʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verbessere, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is verbessere, spelled V-E-R-B-E-S-S-E-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verbessern
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verbessern
  3. 3
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verbessern
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verbessern

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 "verbessere"?
"verbessere" is spelled V-E-R-B-E-S-S-E-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈbɛsəʁə].
What does "verbessere" mean?
As a verb, "verbessere" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verbessern
How do you pronounce "verbessere"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verbessere" is [fɛɐ̯ˈbɛsəʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verbessere" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Verbrenner#52,531vergiftete#52,534vergraulen#52,535vermietete#52,537

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list