vernichten
[fɛɐ̯ˈnɪçtn̩]
The verdict
“vernichten” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,478. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,478
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zerstören, (bewusst und unmittelbar gewaltsam) nichtigmachen
Corpus desk
Index DE-vernichten · vernichten · German
vernichten · rank #8,478 · 16 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,478
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Verleihung
Nearest frequency peer: Verleihung (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “vernichten”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Verfahrens
Verfahrens
91,526 corpus weight
- verknüpft
verknüpft
91,525 corpus weight
- Verleihung
Verleihung
91,524 corpus weight
- vernichten
vernichten
91,523 corpus weight
- verschlossen
verschlossen
91,522 corpus weight
- verstärken
verstärken
91,521 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “vernichten” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | vernichten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈnɪçtn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #8,478 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “vernichten” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around vernichten (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈnɪçtn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,478 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for vernichten, with forms such as "evrnichten", "venrichten", and "verinchten". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "verzichte", "verzichten", "verzichtet", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 vernichten, spelled V-E-R-N-I-C-H-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1zerstören, (bewusst und unmittelbar gewaltsam) nichtigmachen
- 2die Legitimation entziehen; das Ansehen beschädigen — Bedeutung [1] mit Bezug auf Ansehen oder Ähnliches.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vernichten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er vernichtete alle Unterlagen, damit man ihm nichts nachweisen konnte.
Ein Hagelschlag vernichtete in wenigen Minuten die Ernte.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrnichten
- venrichten
- verinchten
- verncihten
- vernicchten
- vernichetn
- vernichhten
- vernichtenn
- vernichtne
- vernichtten
- vernicthen
- vernihcten
- vernnichten
- verrnichten
- vrenichten
- vvernichten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vernichten - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vernichten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "vernichten". Here's where to go from here.
- "vernichten" maps to 14 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "verzichte". View pair
- 16 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,478 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "V" letter cohort. V–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.