verfehlte

Name: verfehlte, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[fɛɐ̯ˈfeːltə]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈfeːltə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“verfehlte” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,111. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,111
frequency rank, German: 4,163
“V” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verfehlt

Corpus desk

Index DE-verfehlte · verfehlte · German

verfehlte · rank #21,111 · 14 variants · 7 confusables

FREQ-MID #21,111
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-MID 4,163
PHOTO-FINISH Verfechter

Nearest frequency peer: Verfechter (-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.

Ventilator

78,893
Verantwortl…

78,892
Verfechter

78,891
verfehlte

78,890
verfickte

78,889
Verkaufszah…

78,888

What this shows „verfehlte“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

verfehlte vs verteilte

78% similar

verfehlte vs verkehrte

78% similar

verfehlte vs vermehrte

78% similar

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

Key facts for verfehlte
Property	Value
Headword	verfehlte
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[fɛɐ̯ˈfeːltə]
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#21,111
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	7
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „verfehlte“

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

#21,111

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Verfechter“ (#21,110), „verfickte“ (#21,112), „Verantwortlicher“ (#21,109). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verfehlte“ bei #21,111. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around verfehlte (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈfeːltə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,111 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for verfehlte, with forms such as "evrfehlte", "vefrehlte", and "verefhlte". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "verteilte", "verkehrte", "vermehrte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is verfehlte, spelled V-E-R-F-E-H-L-T-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verfehlt
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verfehlt
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verfehlt
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verfehlt
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verfehlt
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verfehlt
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verfehlt
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verfehlt
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verfehlt

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

evrfehlte
vefrehlte
verefhlte
verfehhlte
verfehlet
verfehllte
verfehltte
verfehtle
verfelhte
verffehlte
verfhelte
verrfehlte
vrefehlte
vverfehlte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "verfehlte"

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 "verfehlte"?

"verfehlte" is spelled V-E-R-F-E-H-L-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈfeːltə].

What does "verfehlte" mean?

As an adjective, "verfehlte" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verfehlt

What words are commonly confused with "verfehlte"?

"verfehlte" is commonly confused with "verteilte", "verkehrte", "vermehrte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "verfehlte"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verfehlte" is [fɛɐ̯ˈfeːltə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "verfehlte" come from?

"verfehlte" 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 "verfehlte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

verfickte#21,112 Verlobung#21,115 verwüstet#21,120 untersten#21,101

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

untergeht14 variants weltliche14 variants wirksamen14 variants zusehends14 variants