versalzen

[fɛɐ̯ˈzalt͡sn̩]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈzalt͡sn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“versalzen” is uncommon German (frequency #78,701 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,701
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu viel Salz auf irgendetwas streuen

Corpus desk

Index DE-versalzen · versalzen · German

versalzen · rank #78,701 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,701
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Verrenkungen

Nearest frequency peer: Verrenkungen (-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 „versalzen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for versalzen
PropertyValue
Headwordversalzen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈzalt͡sn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#78,701
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „versalzen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Verrenkungen“ (#78,700), „versauern“ (#78,702), „verpuffen“ (#78,699). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „versalzen“ bei #78,701. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

versalzen is uncommon German at frequency #78,701 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈzalt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

versalzen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is versalzen, spelled V-E-R-S-A-L-Z-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    zu viel Salz auf irgendetwas streuen
  2. 2
    jemandem etwas verderben
  3. 3
    mit zu viel Salzen anreichern

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how versalzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Er hat die Suppe versalzt.
  2. Er hat ihm die Freude versalzt.

This word in other languages

spoil(English)saler(Français)

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 "versalzen"?
"versalzen" is spelled V-E-R-S-A-L-Z-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈzalt͡sn̩].
What does "versalzen" mean?
As a verb, "versalzen" means: zu viel Salz auf irgendetwas streuen
How do you pronounce "versalzen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "versalzen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈzalt͡sn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "versalzen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

versauern#78,702verpuffen#78,699verhältst#78,692Vereisung#78,688

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list