verkrochen
[fɛɐ̯ˈkʁɔxn̩]
The verdict
“verkrochen” is uncommon German (frequency #67,835 among 49,639 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,835
- frequency rank, German
- 49,639
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs verkriechen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verkrochen · verkrochen · German
verkrochen · rank #67,835 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,835
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,639
- PHOTO-FINISH Verkehrsnetz
Nearest frequency peer: Verkehrsnetz (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “verkrochen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- vergüten
vergüten
32,169 corpus weight
- verkaufsoff…
verkaufsoffener
32,168 corpus weight
- Verkehrsnetz
Verkehrsnetz
32,167 corpus weight
- verkrochen
verkrochen
32,166 corpus weight
- verkürzter
verkürzter
32,165 corpus weight
- Verleiher
Verleiher
32,164 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “verkrochen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verkrochen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈkʁɔxn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #67,835 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verkrochen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
verkrochen is uncommon German at frequency #67,835 among 49,639 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈkʁɔxn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
verkrochen has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is verkrochen, spelled V-E-R-K-R-O-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs verkriechen
- 21. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs verkriechen
- 33. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs verkriechen
- 43. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs verkriechen
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "verkrochen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.