vermehrt
[fɛɐ̯ˈmeːɐ̯t]
The verdict
“vermehrt” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #5,894 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #5,894
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - häufiger als zuvor, häufiger im Gegensatz zu anderem
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 | vermehrt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈmeːɐ̯t] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,894 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vermehrt” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for vermehrt is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈmeːɐ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,894 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "häufiger als zuvor, häufiger im Gegensatz zu anderem".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for vermehrt, with forms such as "evrmehrt", "vemrehrt", and "veremhrt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Verzehr", "Vermerk", "verweht", and more, 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 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 vermehrt, spelled V-E-R-M-E-H-R-T.
Definition
- 1häufiger als zuvor, häufiger im Gegensatz zu anderem
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrmehrt,vemrehrt,veremhrt,vermehhrt,vermehrrt,vermehrtt,vermehtr,vermerht,vermhert,vermmehrt,verrmehrt,vremehrt,vvermehrt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vermehrt - 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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Using “vermehrt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-M-E-H-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈmeːɐ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Verzehr” - see the side-by-side comparison. vermehrt vs Verzehr
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.