Verminderung
[fɛɐ̯ˈmɪndəʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Verminderung” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #36,093 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #36,093
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Verkleinerung der Anzahl oder Qualität von Dingen; Abschwächung von Empfindungen oder Gefühlen
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 | Verminderung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈmɪndəʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #36,093 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Verminderung” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Verminderung is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈmɪndəʁʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #36,093 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Verkleinerung der Anzahl oder Qualität von Dingen; Abschwächung von Empfindungen oder Gefühlen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Verminderung, with forms such as "evrminderung", "vemrinderung", and "verimnderung". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Verringerung", "Verwunderung", "vermindern", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Verminderung, spelled V-E-R-M-I-N-D-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Verkleinerung der Anzahl oder Qualität von Dingen; Abschwächung von Empfindungen oder Gefühlen
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrminderung,vemrinderung,verimnderung,vermidnerung,vermindderung,vermindernug,verminderrung,verminderugn,verminderungg,verminderunng,vermindeurng,vermindreung,verminedrung,verminnderung,vermminderung,vermniderung,verrminderung,vreminderung,vverminderung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Verminderung - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Verminderung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-M-I-N-D-E-R-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈmɪndəʁʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Verringerung” - see the side-by-side comparison. Verminderung vs Verringerung
- 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.