Vergeltung
[fɛɐ̯ˈɡɛltʊŋ]
The verdict
“Vergeltung” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,424. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,424
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Strafe, Genugtuung für eine (meist negative) Handlung
Corpus desk
Index DE-vergeltung · Vergeltung · German
Vergeltung · rank #18,424 · 16 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,424
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verfassungswi…
Nearest frequency peer: verfassungswidrig (-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 „Vergeltung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- verbuchen
verbuchen
81,580 corpus weight
- Verden
Verden
81,579 corpus weight
- verfassungs…
verfassungswidrig
81,578 corpus weight
- Vergeltung
Vergeltung
81,577 corpus weight
- Verona
Verona
81,576 corpus weight
- verzichte
verzichte
81,575 corpus weight
What this shows „Vergeltung“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vergeltung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈɡɛltʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #18,424 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Vergeltung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Vergeltung (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈɡɛltʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,424 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Strafe, Genugtuung für eine (meist negative) Handlung".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vergeltung, with forms such as "evrgeltung", "vegreltung", and "veregltung". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Vergütung", "Verwaltung", "Verwertung", 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 Vergeltung, spelled V-E-R-G-E-L-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Strafe, Genugtuung für eine (meist negative) Handlung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vergeltung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Gutes wird mit Gutem vergolten, Böses mit Bösem. Nichts wird vergessen, die Zeit der Vergeltung wird kommen.“
„Zur Vergeltung erobern die Franzosen mehrere Städte des Emirs und brennen sie nieder.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrgeltung
- vegreltung
- veregltung
- vergelltung
- vergeltnug
- vergelttung
- vergeltugn
- vergeltungg
- vergeltunng
- vergelutng
- vergetlung
- verggeltung
- vergletung
- verrgeltung
- vregeltung
- vvergeltung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Vergeltung - 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 "Vergeltung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).