Verschärfung
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛʁfʊŋ]
The verdict
“Verschärfung” has 20 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,175. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,175
- frequency rank, German
- 49,639
- “V” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Veränderung in Richtung schlimmer, schlechter, oder auch restriktiver, einschränkender (schärfer)
Corpus desk
Index DE-verscharfung · Verschärfung · German
Verschärfung · rank #17,175 · 20 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #17,175
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,639
- PHOTO-FINISH vernachlässig…
Nearest frequency peer: vernachlässigen (-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 “Verschärfung”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- verbringe
verbringe
82,829 corpus weight
- Verkleidung
Verkleidung
82,828 corpus weight
- vernachläss…
vernachlässigen
82,827 corpus weight
- Verschärfung
Verschärfung
82,826 corpus weight
- vielseitig
vielseitig
82,825 corpus weight
- Vizemeister
Vizemeister
82,823 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Verschärfung” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Verschärfung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛʁfʊŋ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #17,175 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Verschärfung” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around Verschärfung (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈʃɛʁfʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,175 among 49,639 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Veränderung in Richtung schlimmer, schlechter, oder auch restriktiver, einschränkender (schärfer)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for Verschärfung, with forms such as "evrschärfung", "vercshärfung", and "verrschärfung". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "verschärfen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Verschärfung, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-Ä-R-F-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Veränderung in Richtung schlimmer, schlechter, oder auch restriktiver, einschränkender (schärfer)
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrschärfung
- vercshärfung
- verrschärfung
- verscchärfung
- verschhärfung
- verschräfung
- verschäfrung
- verschärffung
- verschärfnug
- verschärfugn
- verschärfungg
- verschärfunng
- verschärrfung
- verschärufng
- verscährfung
- vershcärfung
- versschärfung
- vesrchärfung
- vreschärfung
- vverschärfung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Verschärfung - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Verschärfung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).
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.