verhexen
[fɛɐ̯ˈhɛksn̩]
The verdict
“verhexen” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - durch eine bösgesinnte, meist hässlich aussehende, weibliche Märchen- oder Sagengestalt, welche oft mit einem Buckel, einer langen, krummen Nase dargestellt wird, und zauberische Kräfte besitzt ver...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verhexen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈhɛksn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verhexen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for verhexen is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈhɛksn̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "durch eine bösgesinnte, meist hässlich aussehende, weibliche Märchen- oder Sagengestalt, welche oft mit einem Buckel, einer langen, krummen Nase dargestellt wird, und zauberische Kräfte besitzt ver...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verhexen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is verhexen, spelled V-E-R-H-E-X-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch eine bösgesinnte, meist hässlich aussehende, weibliche Märchen- oder Sagengestalt, welche oft mit einem Buckel, einer langen, krummen Nase dargestellt wird, und zauberische Kräfte besitzt verzaubert werden
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “verhexen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-H-E-X-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈhɛksn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.