vernünftiger

Name: vernünftiger, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[fɛɐ̯ˈnʏnftɪɡɐ]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈnʏnftɪɡɐ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“vernünftiger” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,070. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,070
frequency rank, German: 4,163
“V” headwords: 19
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vernünftig

Corpus desk

Index DE-vernunftiger · vernünftiger · German

vernünftiger · rank #19,070 · 19 variants · 4 confusables

FREQ-MID #19,070
LEN-MEGA 12 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
VAR-HIGH 19 variants
BOOK-MID 4,163
PHOTO-FINISH vernommen

Nearest frequency peer: vernommen (-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.

verlangten

80,934
vermessen

80,933
vernommen

80,932
vernünftiger

80,931
vernünftiges

80,930
verschlosse…

80,929

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

vernünftiger vs vernünftiges

92% similar

vernünftiger vs vernünftig

83% similar

vernünftiger vs vernünftige

92% similar

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

Key facts for vernünftiger
Property	Value
Headword	vernünftiger
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[fɛɐ̯ˈnʏnftɪɡɐ]
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#19,070
Misspellings tracked	19
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „vernünftiger“

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

#19,070

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „vernommen“ (#19,069), „vernünftiges“ (#19,071), „vermessen“ (#19,068). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „vernünftiger“ bei #19,070. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around vernünftiger (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈnʏnftɪɡɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,070 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for vernünftiger, with forms such as "evrnünftiger", "venrünftiger", and "vernnüftiger". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "vernünftiges", "vernünftig", "vernünftige", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is vernünftiger, spelled V-E-R-N-Ü-N-F-T-I-G-E-R.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vernünftig
2
Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vernünftig
3
Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vernünftig
4
Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vernünftig
5
Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vernünftig

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

evrnünftiger
venrünftiger
vernnüftiger
vernnünftiger
vernüfntiger
vernünfftiger
vernünfitger
vernünftgier
vernünftiegr
vernünftigerr
vernünftigger
vernünftigre
vernünfttiger
vernünnftiger
vernüntfiger
verrnünftiger
verünnftiger
vrenünftiger
vvernünftiger

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vernünftiger - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "vernünftiger"

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 "vernünftiger"?

"vernünftiger" is spelled V-E-R-N-Ü-N-F-T-I-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈnʏnftɪɡɐ].

What does "vernünftiger" mean?

As an adjective, "vernünftiger" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vernünftig

What words are commonly confused with "vernünftiger"?

"vernünftiger" is commonly confused with "vernünftiges", "vernünftig", "vernünftige". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "vernünftiger"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vernünftiger" is [fɛɐ̯ˈnʏnftɪɡɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "vernünftiger" come from?

"vernünftiger" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vernünftiges#19,071 vorschreiben#19,080 Zwangsarbeit#19,099 übertragenen#19,106

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

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