verrottet
[fɛɐ̯ˈʁɔtət]
The verdict
“verrottet” is an uncommon German word, ranked #65,825 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #65,825
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verrotten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verrottet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʁɔtət] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #65,825 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verrottet” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for verrottet is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈʁɔtət]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,825 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for verrottet in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is verrottet, spelled V-E-R-R-O-T-T-E-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verrotten
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verrotten
- 32. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verrotten
- 42. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verrotten
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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Using “verrottet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-R-O-T-T-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈʁɔtət] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.