vergehen
[fɛɐ̯ˈɡeːən]
The verdict
“vergehen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,606. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,606
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (rasch) zu Ende kommen
Corpus desk
Index DE-vergehen · vergehen · German
vergehen · rank #6,606 · 12 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,606
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH unverändert
Nearest frequency peer: unverändert (-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 “vergehen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Taylor
Taylor
93,398 corpus weight
- UK
UK
93,397 corpus weight
- unverändert
unverändert
93,396 corpus weight
- vergehen
vergehen
93,395 corpus weight
- Verhandlung
Verhandlung
93,394 corpus weight
- vorgelegt
vorgelegt
93,393 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “vergehen” 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 | vergehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈɡeːən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #6,606 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “vergehen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around vergehen (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈɡeːən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,606 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for vergehen, with forms such as "evrgehen", "vegrehen", and "vereghen". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vergeht", "versehen", "vorgehen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 vergehen, spelled V-E-R-G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1(rasch) zu Ende kommen
- 2sterben, zugrunde gehen
- 3etwas Unmoralisches tun
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vergehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Seit die amerikanischen Brüder Orville und Wilbur Wright in Kitty Hawk den ersten Motorflug durchführten, sind kaum mehr als sechzig Jahre vergangen.
Die Zeit vergeht so schnell.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrgehen
- vegrehen
- vereghen
- vergeehn
- vergehenn
- vergehhen
- vergehne
- verggehen
- vergheen
- verrgehen
- vregehen
- vvergehen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vergehen - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vergehen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "vergehen". Here's where to go from here.
- "vergehen" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "vergeht". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #6,606 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.