vermiss
[fɛɐ̯ˈmɪs]
The verdict
“vermiss” is uncommon German (frequency #55,820 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,820
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs vermessen
Corpus desk
Index DE-vermiss · vermiss · German
vermiss · rank #55,820 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,820
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vermasselt
Nearest frequency peer: vermasselt (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „vermiss“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- verkleideten
verkleideten
44,184 corpus weight
- verleumdet
verleumdet
44,183 corpus weight
- vermasselt
vermasselt
44,182 corpus weight
- vermiss
vermiss
44,181 corpus weight
- Vermögensve…
Vermögensverwalter
44,180 corpus weight
- verrückteste
verrückteste
44,179 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „vermiss“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vermiss |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈmɪs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,820 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vermiss“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vermiss is uncommon German at frequency #55,820 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈmɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs vermessen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vermiss, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is vermiss, spelled V-E-R-M-I-S-S.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs vermessen
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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