versauen
[fɛɐ̯ˈzaʊ̯ən]
The verdict
“versauen” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,116. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,116
- frequency rank, German
- 49,639
- “V” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas sehr, sehr schlecht erledigen oder behandeln, so dass es missglückt oder zerstört ist
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 | versauen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈzaʊ̯ən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,116 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “versauen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around versauen (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈzaʊ̯ən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,116 among 49,639 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for versauen, with forms such as "evrsauen", "verasuen", and "verrsauen". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Versen", "versaut", "versehen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 versauen, spelled V-E-R-S-A-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas sehr, sehr schlecht erledigen oder behandeln, so dass es missglückt oder zerstört ist
- 2jemandem etwas kaputt machen oder den Spaß an etwas verderben
- 3etwas so verdrecken, dass es eigentlich nicht mehr seiner normalen Funktion dienen kann
- 4den Charakter von jemandem derart verändern, dass er unanständige, anstößige Sachen von sich gibt
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrsauen,verasuen,verrsauen,versaeun,versauenn,versaune,verssauen,versuaen,vesrauen,vresauen,vversauen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of versauen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “versauen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-S-A-U-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈzaʊ̯ən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Versen” - see the side-by-side comparison. versauen vs Versen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.