verrieten

[fɛɐ̯ˈʁiːtn̩]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʁiːtn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“verrieten” is uncommon German (frequency #59,297 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,297
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs verraten

Corpus desk

Index DE-verrieten · verrieten · German

verrieten · rank #59,297 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,297
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Vermisster

Nearest frequency peer: Vermisster (-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 „verrieten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verrieten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verrieten
PropertyValue
Headwordverrieten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʁiːtn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#59,297
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verrieten“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).verrietenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Vermisster“ (#59,296), „verschleppen“ (#59,298), „verminderter“ (#59,295). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verrieten“ bei #59,297. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verrieten is uncommon German at frequency #59,297 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʁiːtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for verrieten in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is verrieten, spelled V-E-R-R-I-E-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs verraten
  2. 2
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs verraten
  3. 3
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs verraten
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs verraten

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 "verrieten"?
"verrieten" is spelled V-E-R-R-I-E-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʁiːtn̩].
What does "verrieten" mean?
As a verb, "verrieten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs verraten
How do you pronounce "verrieten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verrieten" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʁiːtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verrieten" come from?
"verrieten" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

verkatert#59,290verbauten#59,285unterwarf#59,278unlösbare#59,270

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list