verkorksen
[fɛɐ̯ˈkɔʁksn̩]
The verdict
“verkorksen” 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 May 6, 2026) - bei einer Handlung grobe Fehler machen, sodass das Ergebnis unbrauchbar ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-verkorksen · verkorksen · German
verkorksen · 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 | verkorksen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈkɔʁksn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verkorksen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
verkorksen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈkɔʁksn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bei einer Handlung grobe Fehler machen, sodass das Ergebnis unbrauchbar ist".
verkorksen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is verkorksen, spelled V-E-R-K-O-R-K-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1bei einer Handlung grobe Fehler machen, sodass das Ergebnis unbrauchbar ist
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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.