verlesen
[fɛɐ̯ˈleːzn̩]
The verdict
“verlesen” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,753. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,753
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Fehler beim Lesen machen; etwas falsch lesen; ein oder mehrere Worte beim Lesen verwechseln
Corpus desk
Index DE-verlesen · verlesen · German
verlesen · rank #19,753 · 12 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,753
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verhaften
Nearest frequency peer: verhaften (-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 „verlesen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- vergab
vergab
80,251 corpus weight
- vergessene
vergessene
80,250 corpus weight
- verhaften
verhaften
80,249 corpus weight
- verlesen
verlesen
80,248 corpus weight
- verlobten
verlobten
80,247 corpus weight
- vermarkten
vermarkten
80,246 corpus weight
What this shows „verlesen“ 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 | verlesen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈleːzn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #19,753 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „verlesen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around verlesen (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈleːzn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,753 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for verlesen, with forms such as "evrlesen", "velresen", and "verelsen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Versen", "verloren", "versehen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is verlesen, spelled V-E-R-L-E-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Fehler beim Lesen machen; etwas falsch lesen; ein oder mehrere Worte beim Lesen verwechseln
- 2jemandem etwas verkünden oder laut vorlesen, das irgendwo geschrieben steht
- 3genau untersuchen und nicht Zugehöriges aussondern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verlesen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich hatte mich verlesen; ich dachte, dein Name sei Christoph und nicht Christian.
Er verlas das Protokoll.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrlesen
- velresen
- verelsen
- verleesn
- verlesenn
- verlesne
- verlessen
- verllesen
- verlseen
- verrlesen
- vrelesen
- vverlesen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verlesen - 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 "verlesen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).