verbessern
[fɛɐ̯ˈbɛsɐn]
The verdict
“verbessern” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,747. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,747
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - korrigieren; berichtigen; nach Fehlern suchen und diese entfernen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verbessern · verbessern · German
verbessern · rank #2,747 · 15 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,747
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Variante
Nearest frequency peer: Variante (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “verbessern”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- umfasst
umfasst
97,256 corpus weight
- Variante
Variante
97,255 corpus weight
- verbessern
verbessern
97,254 corpus weight
- Vereins
Vereins
97,253 corpus weight
- verlor
verlor
97,252 corpus weight
- Washington
Washington
97,251 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “verbessern” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | verbessern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈbɛsɐn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #2,747 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “verbessern” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around verbessern (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈbɛsɐn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,747 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for verbessern, with forms such as "evrbessern", "vebressern", and "verbbessern". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "vergessen", "vermessen", "verbissen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is verbessern, spelled V-E-R-B-E-S-S-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1korrigieren; berichtigen; nach Fehlern suchen und diese entfernen
- 2besser machen; die Qualität steigern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verbessern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Lehrerin hat die Klausuren noch nicht verbessert.
Gibt es noch Leute, die die Welt verbessern wollen?
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrbessern
- vebressern
- verbbessern
- verbesern
- verbesesrn
- verbessenr
- verbessernn
- verbesserrn
- verbessren
- verbeßern
- verbsesern
- verebssern
- verrbessern
- vrebessern
- vverbessern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verbessern - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "verbessern", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "verbessern". Here's where to go from here.
- "verbessern" maps to 7 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "vergessen". View pair
- 15 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,747 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "V" letter cohort. V–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.