verdächtigen

[fɛɐ̯ˈdɛçtɪɡn̩]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈdɛçtɪɡn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“verdächtigen” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,123. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,123
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Verdacht gegen jemanden haben, aussprechen

Corpus desk

Index DE-verdachtigen · verdächtigen · German

verdächtigen · rank #7,123 · 19 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,123
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Unterschrift

Nearest frequency peer: Unterschrift (-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 „verdächtigen“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „verdächtigen“ 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).

verdächtigen vs verdächtigt
83% similar
verdächtigen vs Verdächtiger
83% similar
verdächtigen vs verdächtiges
92% similar

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

Key facts for verdächtigen
PropertyValue
Headwordverdächtigen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈdɛçtɪɡn̩]
Letters12
Frequency rank#7,123
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „verdächtigen“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).verdächtigenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Unterschrift“ (#7,122), „vergewaltigt“ (#7,124), „Trio“ (#7,121). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verdächtigen“ bei #7,123. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around verdächtigen (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈdɛçtɪɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,123 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "einen Verdacht gegen jemanden haben, aussprechen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for verdächtigen, with forms such as "evrdächtigen", "vedrächtigen", and "verdcähtigen". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "verdächtigt", "Verdächtiger", "verdächtiges", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is verdächtigen, spelled V-E-R-D-Ä-C-H-T-I-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen Verdacht gegen jemanden haben, aussprechen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Er wurde einer Fälschung unschuldig verdächtigt.

This word in other languages

suspect(English)sospechar(Español)soupçonner(Français)suspeitar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evrdächtigen
  • vedrächtigen
  • verdcähtigen
  • verddächtigen
  • verdäcchtigen
  • verdächhtigen
  • verdächitgen
  • verdächtgien
  • verdächtiegn
  • verdächtigenn
  • verdächtiggen
  • verdächtigne
  • verdächttigen
  • verdäcthigen
  • verdähctigen
  • verrdächtigen
  • verädchtigen
  • vredächtigen
  • vverdächtigen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

evrdächtigen2vedrächtigen2verdcähtigen2verddächtigen1verdäcchtigen1verdächhtigen1verdächitgen2verdächtgien2
Edit distance from "verdächtigen"

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 "verdächtigen"?
"verdächtigen" is spelled V-E-R-D-Ä-C-H-T-I-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈdɛçtɪɡn̩].
What does "verdächtigen" mean?
As a verb, "verdächtigen" means: einen Verdacht gegen jemanden haben, aussprechen
What words are commonly confused with "verdächtigen"?
"verdächtigen" is commonly confused with "verdächtigt", "Verdächtiger", "verdächtiges". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verdächtigen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verdächtigen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈdɛçtɪɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verdächtigen" come from?
"verdächtigen" 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 "verdächtigen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Unterschrift#7,122vergewaltigt#7,124Sonnenschein#7,112organisierte#7,090

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

üblicherweise19 variantsHintergründe19 variantsgrundlegende19 variantshistorischer19 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list