verklagen
[fɛɐ̯ˈklaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“verklagen” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,700. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,700
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Rechtsstreit vor Gericht mit jemandem beginnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verklagen · verklagen · German
verklagen · rank #14,700 · 14 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,700
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verdeutlichen
Nearest frequency peer: verdeutlichen (-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 „verklagen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- verabschied…
verabschiedete
85,304 corpus weight
- Verbote
Verbote
85,303 corpus weight
- verdeutlich…
verdeutlichen
85,302 corpus weight
- verklagen
verklagen
85,301 corpus weight
- verschiebt
verschiebt
85,300 corpus weight
- versenkt
versenkt
85,299 corpus weight
What this shows „verklagen“ 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 | verklagen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈklaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #14,700 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „verklagen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around verklagen (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈklaːɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,700 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for verklagen, with forms such as "evrklagen", "vekrlagen", and "verkalgen". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Verlage", "versagen", "verlegen", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is verklagen, spelled V-E-R-K-L-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Rechtsstreit vor Gericht mit jemandem beginnen
- 2sich über jemanden beschweren
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how verklagen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er verklagte seinen Arbeitgeber wegen der Kündigung.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrklagen
- vekrlagen
- verkalgen
- verkklagen
- verklaegn
- verklagenn
- verklaggen
- verklagne
- verklgaen
- verkllagen
- verlkagen
- verrklagen
- vreklagen
- vverklagen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verklagen - 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 "verklagen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).