vermuten

/[fɛɐ̯ˈmuːtn̩]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,325

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

vermuten is aGermanverb. It means: etwas für glaubhaft oder wahrscheinlich halten Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈmuːtn̩]. It ranks #5,325 in German word frequency. Often confused with verüben and verraten.

Key facts for vermuten
PropertyValue
Headwordvermuten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈmuːtn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,325
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of vermuten in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for vermuten is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈmuːtn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,325 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "etwas für glaubhaft oder wahrscheinlich halten".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for vermuten, with forms such as "evrmuten", "vemruten", and "vermmuten". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "verüben", "verraten", "vermutet", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is vermuten, spelled V-E-R-M-U-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas für glaubhaft oder wahrscheinlich halten

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrmuten,vemruten,vermmuten,vermtuen,vermuetn,vermutenn,vermutne,vermutten,verrmuten,verumten,vremuten,vvermuten

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vermuten

Misspelling Variants of "vermuten"

evrmuten8vemruten8vermmuten9vermtuen8vermuetn8vermutenn9vermutne8vermutten9
Misspelling Variants of "vermuten"

Frequency rank: #5,325 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vermuten"?
"vermuten" is spelled V-E-R-M-U-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈmuːtn̩].
What does "vermuten" mean?
As a verb, "vermuten" means: etwas für glaubhaft oder wahrscheinlich halten
What words are commonly confused with "vermuten"?
"vermuten" is commonly confused with "verüben", "verraten", "vermutet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vermuten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vermuten" is [fɛɐ̯ˈmuːtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vermuten" come from?
"vermuten" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.