Vermutung

[fɛɐ̯ˈmuːtʊŋ]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈmuːtʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Vermutung” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,483. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,483
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine ungesicherte Erkenntnis oder Annahme

Corpus desk

Index DE-vermutung · Vermutung · German

Vermutung · rank #6,483 · 14 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,483
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verlegen

Nearest frequency peer: verlegen (-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 „Vermutung“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Vermutung“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Vermutung vs Verwüstung
70% similar
Vermutung vs Vermutungen
82% similar
Vermutung vs vermuten
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Vermutung
PropertyValue
HeadwordVermutung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈmuːtʊŋ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,483
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Vermutung“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Vermutungliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „verlegen“ (#6,482), „vernichtet“ (#6,484), „verkaufe“ (#6,481). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Vermutung“ bei #6,483. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Vermutung (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈmuːtʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,483 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine ungesicherte Erkenntnis oder Annahme".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vermutung, with forms such as "evrmutung", "vemrutung", and "vermmutung". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Verwüstung", "Vermutungen", "vermuten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Vermutung, spelled V-E-R-M-U-T-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine ungesicherte Erkenntnis oder Annahme

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Vermutung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mit seiner Vermutung lag er richtig.
  2. „Um den Ursprung des Lebens zu verstehen, haben Wissenschaftler Vermutungen über die Entstehung von Zellen und Genen angestellt.“

Synonyms

AnnahmeHypotheseTheorieBehauptungMeinungMutmaßungSpekulationTheseUnterstellungVerdacht

This word in other languages

assumption(English)conjetura(Español)présomption(Français)suposição(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evrmutung
  • vemrutung
  • vermmutung
  • vermtuung
  • vermutnug
  • vermuttung
  • vermutugn
  • vermutungg
  • vermutunng
  • vermuutng
  • verrmutung
  • verumtung
  • vremutung
  • vvermutung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Vermutung - 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.

evrmutung2vemrutung2vermmutung1vermtuung2vermutnug2vermuttung1vermutugn2vermutungg1
Edit distance from "Vermutung"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Vermutung"?
"Vermutung" is spelled V-E-R-M-U-T-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈmuːtʊŋ].
What does "Vermutung" mean?
As a noun, "Vermutung" means: eine ungesicherte Erkenntnis oder Annahme
What words are commonly confused with "Vermutung"?
"Vermutung" is commonly confused with "Verwüstung", "Vermutungen", "vermuten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Vermutung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vermutung" is [fɛɐ̯ˈmuːtʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Vermutung" come from?
"Vermutung" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Vermutung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

westliche#6,488Zeitalter#6,490Thüringer#6,475Russlands#6,465

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

allmählich14 variantsPrüfungen14 variantsBenutzung14 variantsbeteiligen14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list