verscheucht

[fɛɐ̯ˈʃɔɪ̯çt]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʃɔɪ̯çt]/ verb

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The verdict

“verscheucht” is uncommon German (frequency #57,531 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,531
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verscheuchen

Corpus desk

Index DE-verscheucht · verscheucht · German

verscheucht · rank #57,531 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,531
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verschenkte

Nearest frequency peer: verschenkte (-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 „verscheucht“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verscheucht
PropertyValue
Headwordverscheucht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʃɔɪ̯çt]
Letters11
Frequency rank#57,531
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verscheucht“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verschenkte“ (#57,530), „Versagens“ (#57,529), „verspotten“ (#57,533). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verscheucht“ bei #57,531. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verscheucht is uncommon German at frequency #57,531 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃɔɪ̯çt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verscheucht, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is verscheucht, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-E-U-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verscheuchen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verscheuchen
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verscheuchen

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 "verscheucht"?
"verscheucht" is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-E-U-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃɔɪ̯çt].
What does "verscheucht" mean?
As a verb, "verscheucht" means: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verscheuchen
How do you pronounce "verscheucht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verscheucht" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃɔɪ̯çt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verscheucht" come from?
"verscheucht" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

verschenkte#57,530vorzügliche#57,551unbeständig#57,495Wirbeltiere#57,578

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list