Verkündigung
[fɛɐ̯ˈkʏndɪɡʊŋ]
The verdict
“Verkündigung” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #23,355. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,355
- frequency rank, German
- 49,639
- “V” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - öffentlich getätigte Aussage, die einer Tatsache entspricht oder auch eine religiöse Botschaft birgt
Corpus desk
Index DE-verkundigung · Verkündigung · German
Verkündigung · rank #23,355 · 19 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #23,355
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,639
- PHOTO-FINISH Verhör
Nearest frequency peer: Verhör (-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 “Verkündigung”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- verglich
verglich
76,649 corpus weight
- verheiratet…
verheirateten
76,648 corpus weight
- Verhör
Verhör
76,647 corpus weight
- Verkündigung
Verkündigung
76,646 corpus weight
- Verlages
Verlages
76,645 corpus weight
- verneint
verneint
76,644 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Verkündigung” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Verkündigung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈkʏndɪɡʊŋ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #23,355 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Verkündigung” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around Verkündigung (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈkʏndɪɡʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,355 among 49,639 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "öffentlich getätigte Aussage, die einer Tatsache entspricht oder auch eine religiöse Botschaft birgt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Verkündigung, with forms such as "evrkündigung", "vekründigung", and "verkkündigung". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Verkündung", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Verkündigung, spelled V-E-R-K-Ü-N-D-I-G-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1öffentlich getätigte Aussage, die einer Tatsache entspricht oder auch eine religiöse Botschaft birgt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Verkündigung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Mittwoch war der Tag der feierlichen Verkündigung des Gerichtsurteils.
Am 21. November 2014 jährte sich zum 50. Mal die feierliche Verkündigung des Ökumenismusdekretes „Unitatis redintegratio“ durch das Zweite Vatikanische Konzil.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrkündigung
- vekründigung
- verkkündigung
- verknüdigung
- verküdnigung
- verkünddigung
- verkündgiung
- verkündiggung
- verkündignug
- verkündigugn
- verkündigungg
- verkündigunng
- verkündiugng
- verkünidgung
- verkünndigung
- verrkündigung
- verükndigung
- vrekündigung
- vverkündigung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Verkündigung - 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.
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 "Verkündigung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).
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.