verrottet

[fɛɐ̯ˈʁɔtət]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʁɔtət]/ verb

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The verdict

“verrottet” is uncommon German (frequency #65,825 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,825
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verrotten

Corpus desk

Index DE-verrottet · verrottet · German

verrottet · rank #65,825 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,825
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vermischte

Nearest frequency peer: vermischte (-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 „verrottet“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verrottet
PropertyValue
Headwordverrottet
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʁɔtət]
Letters9
Frequency rank#65,825
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verrottet“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.verrottetfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „vermischte“ (#65,824), „verschrotten“ (#65,826), „Verlockung“ (#65,823). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verrottet“ bei #65,825. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verrottet is uncommon German at frequency #65,825 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʁɔtət]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verrotten
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verrotten
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verrotten
  4. 4
    2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verrottet"?
"verrottet" is spelled V-E-R-R-O-T-T-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʁɔtət].
What does "verrottet" mean?
As a verb, "verrottet" means: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verrotten
How do you pronounce "verrottet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verrottet" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʁɔtət]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Verwesung#65,836Unterarme#65,797ungezogen#65,790Wachleute#65,862

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list