verdorben
[fɛɐ̯ˈdɔʁbn̩]
The verdict
“verdorben” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,767. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,767
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - als Essen schlecht geworden, als Lebensmittel nicht mehr zum Verzehr geeignet
Corpus desk
Index DE-verdorben · verdorben · German
verdorben · rank #20,767 · 14 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,767
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Verbandsliga
Nearest frequency peer: Verbandsliga (-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 “verdorben”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Urs
Urs
79,236 corpus weight
- Verbandsliga
Verbandsliga
79,235 corpus weight
- verdorben
verdorben
79,234 corpus weight
- Verdächtiger
Verdächtiger
79,233 corpus weight
- vergleichen…
vergleichende
79,232 corpus weight
- verknüpfen
verknüpfen
79,231 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “verdorben” 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 | verdorben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈdɔʁbn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #20,767 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “verdorben” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around verdorben (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈdɔʁbn̩]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,767 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for verdorben, with forms such as "evrdorben", "vedrorben", and "verddorben". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "verloren", "verwoben", "verhören", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is verdorben, spelled V-E-R-D-O-R-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1als Essen schlecht geworden, als Lebensmittel nicht mehr zum Verzehr geeignet
- 2schlechte Gedanken habend (besonders sexueller Art)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verdorben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das war Schimmel-Käse und die Russen dachten, der wäre verdorben und warfen ihn in den Abfall.“
Du bist ein durch und durch verdorbenes Subjekt!
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrdorben
- vedrorben
- verddorben
- verdobren
- verdorbben
- verdorbenn
- verdorbne
- verdorebn
- verdorrben
- verdroben
- verodrben
- verrdorben
- vredorben
- vverdorben
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verdorben - 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.
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 "verdorben", 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 "verdorben". Here's where to go from here.
- "verdorben" maps to 11 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "verloren". View pair
- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #20,767 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.