verschärfte

[fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛʁftə]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛʁftə]/ adj

The verdict

“verschärfte” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,562. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,562
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschärft

Corpus desk

Index DE-verscharfte · verschärfte · German

verschärfte · rank #24,562 · 18 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,562
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vermochte

Nearest frequency peer: vermochte (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „verschärfte“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „verschärfte“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

verschärfte vs verschärften
92% similar
verschärfte vs verschafft
73% similar
verschärfte vs verschärft
91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for verschärfte
PropertyValue
Headwordverschärfte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛʁftə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#24,562
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „verschärfte“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).verschärfteliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „vermochte“ (#24,561), „Verunsicherung“ (#24,563), „vergiften“ (#24,560). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verschärfte“ bei #24,562. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around verschärfte (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛʁftə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,562 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for verschärfte, with forms such as "evrschärfte", "vercshärfte", and "verrschärfte". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "verschärften", "verschafft", "verschärft", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is verschärfte, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-Ä-R-F-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschärft
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschärft
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschärft
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschärft
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschärft
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschärft
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschärft
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschärft
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschärft

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evrschärfte
  • vercshärfte
  • verrschärfte
  • verscchärfte
  • verschhärfte
  • verschräfte
  • verschäfrte
  • verschärfet
  • verschärffte
  • verschärftte
  • verschärrfte
  • verschärtfe
  • verscährfte
  • vershcärfte
  • versschärfte
  • vesrchärfte
  • vreschärfte
  • vverschärfte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verschärfte - 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.

evrschärfte2vercshärfte2verrschärfte1verscchärfte1verschhärfte1verschräfte2verschäfrte2verschärfet2
Edit distance from "verschärfte"

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 "verschärfte"?
"verschärfte" is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-Ä-R-F-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛʁftə].
What does "verschärfte" mean?
As an adjective, "verschärfte" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschärft
What words are commonly confused with "verschärfte"?
"verschärfte" is commonly confused with "verschärften", "verschafft", "verschärft". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verschärfte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verschärfte" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛʁftə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verschärfte" come from?
"verschärfte" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list