vergriffen
[fɛɐ̯ˈɡʁɪfn̩]
The verdict
“vergriffen” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,974. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,974
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht mehr zu haben/kaufen, nicht mehr erhältlich/lieferbar/vorrätig, nicht länger im Angebot (häufig von Büchern, Zeitschriften und anderen Druckerzeugnissen)
Corpus desk
Index DE-vergriffen · vergriffen · German
vergriffen · rank #24,974 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #24,974
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verbleibende
Nearest frequency peer: verbleibende (-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 „vergriffen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- veganen
veganen
75,030 corpus weight
- verbleibende
verbleibende
75,028 corpus weight
- vergriffen
vergriffen
75,027 corpus weight
- verpassten
verpassten
75,026 corpus weight
- Versandkost…
Versandkosten
75,025 corpus weight
- versaute
versaute
75,024 corpus weight
What this shows „vergriffen“ 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 | vergriffen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈɡʁɪfn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #24,974 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „vergriffen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around vergriffen (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈɡʁɪfn̩]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,974 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "nicht mehr zu haben/kaufen, nicht mehr erhältlich/lieferbar/vorrätig, nicht länger im Angebot (häufig von Büchern, Zeitschriften und anderen Druckerzeugnissen)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for vergriffen, with forms such as "evrgriffen", "vegrriffen", and "verggriffen". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "vergiften", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is vergriffen, spelled V-E-R-G-R-I-F-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1nicht mehr zu haben/kaufen, nicht mehr erhältlich/lieferbar/vorrätig, nicht länger im Angebot (häufig von Büchern, Zeitschriften und anderen Druckerzeugnissen)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vergriffen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Artikel ist zur Zeit vergriffen, wir kriegen ihn erst nächste Woche wieder herein.“
„Das Buch ist leider vergriffen, man kann es auch nicht bestellen. Vielleicht finden sie es in einem Antiquariat.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrgriffen
- vegrriffen
- verggriffen
- vergirffen
- vergrfifen
- vergrifefn
- vergrifen
- vergriffenn
- vergriffne
- vergrriffen
- verrgiffen
- verrgriffen
- vregriffen
- vvergriffen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vergriffen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "vergriffen", 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 (14 here; floor ≥5).