verrotten
[fɛɐ̯ˈʁɔtn̩]
The verdict
“verrotten” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,596. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,596
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in den Zersetzungsprozess übergehen, bis aus organischem Material Humus/Erde geworden ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-verrotten · verrotten · German
verrotten · rank #48,596 · 8 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,596
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Verlustes
Nearest frequency peer: Verlustes (-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 “verrotten”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Verkehrswes…
Verkehrswesen
51,407 corpus weight
- Verlustes
Verlustes
51,406 corpus weight
- verrotten
verrotten
51,405 corpus weight
- verspielen
verspielen
51,404 corpus weight
- verändernden
verändernden
51,403 corpus weight
- vibrieren
vibrieren
51,402 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “verrotten” 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 | verrotten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʁɔtn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #48,596 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “verrotten” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around verrotten (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈʁɔtn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #48,596 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for verrotten, with forms such as "evrrotten", "verotten", and "verrotetn". 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, "verboten", "verraten", "verorten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is verrotten, spelled V-E-R-R-O-T-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1in den Zersetzungsprozess übergehen, bis aus organischem Material Humus/Erde geworden ist
- 2(durch mangelnden Gebrauch und unsachgemäße Lagerung) langsam unbrauchbar werden
- 3moralisch verderben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verrotten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Baumstumpf beginnt zu verrotten.
Besonders schnell verrottet das Laub von Laubbäumen wie Erle, Buche, Birke, Hasel und Linde.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrrotten
- verotten
- verrotetn
- verrottenn
- verrottne
- verrtoten
- vrerotten
- vverrotten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verrotten - 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 "verrotten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "verrotten" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "verboten". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #48,596 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.