Verlangen
[fɛɐ̯ˈlaŋən]
The verdict
“Verlangen” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,272. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,272
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - stark ausgeprägter Wunsch; körperlicher, seelischer, geistiger Drang, einen empfundenen Mangel auszugleichen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verlangen · Verlangen · German
Verlangen · rank #2,272 · 14 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,272
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verfolgt
Nearest frequency peer: verfolgt (-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 “Verlangen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- unmittelbar
unmittelbar
97,732 corpus weight
- Unterricht
Unterricht
97,731 corpus weight
- verfolgt
verfolgt
97,730 corpus weight
- Verlangen
Verlangen
97,729 corpus weight
- Vorschlag
Vorschlag
97,728 corpus weight
- wahre
wahre
97,727 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Verlangen” 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 | Verlangen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈlaŋən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #2,272 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Verlangen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Verlangen (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈlaŋən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,272 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 Verlangen, with forms such as "evrlangen", "velrangen", and "veralngen". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "verlangt", "versagen", "verlegen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 Verlangen, spelled V-E-R-L-A-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1stark ausgeprägter Wunsch; körperlicher, seelischer, geistiger Drang, einen empfundenen Mangel auszugleichen
- 2nachdrücklich geäußerter Wunsch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Verlangen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Verlangen nach sexueller Befriedigung war beim ihm so ausgeprägt wie das Verlangen nach Ruhm und Anerkennung.
Das Verlangen nach Alkohol wurde mit jeder Stunde größer.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrlangen
- velrangen
- veralngen
- verlagnen
- verlanegn
- verlangenn
- verlanggen
- verlangne
- verlanngen
- verllangen
- verlnagen
- verrlangen
- vrelangen
- vverlangen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Verlangen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Verlangen", 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).
What to do next
You've looked up "Verlangen". Here's where to go from here.
- "Verlangen" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "verlangt". View pair
- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,272 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "V" letter cohort. V–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.