vergessen

/[fɛɐ̯ˈɡɛsn̩]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#625

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

vergessen is anGermanadj. It means: in Moment/bestimmter Situation nicht daran gedacht, nicht daran erinnert Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈɡɛsn̩]. It ranks #625 in German word frequency. Often confused with vergesst and verlesen.

Key facts for vergessen
PropertyValue
Headwordvergessen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈɡɛsn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#625
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of vergessen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for vergessen is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈɡɛsn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #625 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for vergessen, with forms such as "evrgessen", "vegressen", and "veregssen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "vergesst", "verlesen", "verlassen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is vergessen, spelled V-E-R-G-E-S-S-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    in Moment/bestimmter Situation nicht daran gedacht, nicht daran erinnert
  2. 2
    (lange) nicht mehr bekannt/beachtet/wahrgenommen, für längere Zeit ganz und gar aus dem Sinn gekommen

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrgessen,vegressen,veregssen,vergesen,vergesesn,vergessenn,vergessne,vergeßen,verggessen,vergsesen,verrgessen,vregessen,vvergessen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vergessen

Misspelling Variants of "vergessen"

evrgessen9vegressen9veregssen9vergesen8vergesesn9vergessenn10vergessne9vergeßen8
Misspelling Variants of "vergessen"

Frequency rank: #625 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vergessen"?
"vergessen" is spelled V-E-R-G-E-S-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈɡɛsn̩].
What does "vergessen" mean?
As an adj, "vergessen" means: in Moment/bestimmter Situation nicht daran gedacht, nicht daran erinnert
What words are commonly confused with "vergessen"?
"vergessen" is commonly confused with "vergesst", "verlesen", "verlassen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vergessen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vergessen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈɡɛsn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vergessen" come from?
"vergessen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.