verderben
[fɛɐ̯ˈdɛʁbn̩]
The verdict
“verderben” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,652. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,652
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas unbrauchbar oder zunichte machen, speziell auch jemandem ein positives Gefühl nehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verderben · verderben · German
verderben · rank #9,652 · 14 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,652
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verarschen
Nearest frequency peer: verarschen (-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 “verderben”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- unverständl…
unverständlich
90,352 corpus weight
- veranstalten
veranstalten
90,351 corpus weight
- verarschen
verarschen
90,350 corpus weight
- verderben
verderben
90,349 corpus weight
- verkürzt
verkürzt
90,348 corpus weight
- versetzen
versetzen
90,347 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “verderben” 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 | verderben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈdɛʁbn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,652 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “verderben” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around verderben (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈdɛʁbn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,652 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for verderben, with forms such as "evrderben", "vedrerben", and "verdderben". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "vergeben", "vorderen", "vererben", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 verderben, spelled V-E-R-D-E-R-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas unbrauchbar oder zunichte machen, speziell auch jemandem ein positives Gefühl nehmen
- 2verfaulen, schlecht werden (hauptsächlich von Lebensmitteln)
- 3anstößig, sündig, nicht so, wie es der Norm entspricht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verderben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Erzähl mir nicht den Schluss des Fußballspiels, sonst verdirbst du mir die Freude!
Mit so viel Salz hast du die ganze Suppe verdorben.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrderben
- vedrerben
- verdderben
- verdebren
- verderbben
- verderbenn
- verderbne
- verderebn
- verderrben
- verdreben
- veredrben
- verrderben
- vrederben
- vverderben
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verderben - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "verderben", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "verderben". Here's where to go from here.
- "verderben" maps to 9 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "vergeben". View pair
- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #9,652 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.