verschämt
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛːmt]
The verdict
“verschämt” is uncommon German (frequency #81,114 among 49,639 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,114
- frequency rank, German
- 49,639
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sich ein wenig schämend; ein wenig Scham empfindend und verlegen; schüchtern und zaghaft
Corpus desk
Index DE-verschamt · verschämt · German
verschämt · rank #81,114 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,114
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,639
- PHOTO-FINISH verschloss
Nearest frequency peer: verschloss (-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 “verschämt”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- verpachten
verpachten
18,890 corpus weight
- verprassen
verprassen
18,889 corpus weight
- verschloss
verschloss
18,888 corpus weight
- verschämt
verschämt
18,887 corpus weight
- verständige
verständige
18,886 corpus weight
- verstörenden
verstörenden
18,885 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “verschämt” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verschämt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛːmt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,114 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verschämt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
verschämt is uncommon German at frequency #81,114 among 49,639 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛːmt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich ein wenig schämend; ein wenig Scham empfindend und verlegen; schüchtern und zaghaft".
verschämt has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 verschämt, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-Ä-M-T.
Definition
- 1sich ein wenig schämend; ein wenig Scham empfindend und verlegen; schüchtern und zaghaft
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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 "verschämt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.