verheddern
[fɛɐ̯ˈhɛdɐn]
The verdict
“verheddern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unordnung schaffen, die sich nur schwierig wieder beseitigen lässt
Corpus desk
Index DE-verheddern · verheddern · German
verheddern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verheddern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈhɛdɐn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verheddern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verheddern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈhɛdɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verheddern, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is verheddern, spelled V-E-R-H-E-D-D-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Unordnung schaffen, die sich nur schwierig wieder beseitigen lässt
- 2sich (in etwas) verwickeln, verrennen, verfangen, (irgendwo) hängen bleiben
- 3aus dem Sprachfluss kommen, an einer Textstelle wiederholt stocken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verheddern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das hilft mir nicht, du verhedderst die Wolle nur noch mehr!
Hätte sich der Dieb nicht im Gestrüpp verheddert, wäre er mir entkommen.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.