verschlagen

Name: verschlagen, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[fɛɐ̯ˈʃlaːɡn̩]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʃlaːɡn̩]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“verschlagen” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #28,002. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,002
frequency rank, German: 4,163
“V” headwords: 18
tracked misspellings: 5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf geschickte und verdeckte Art und Weise eigennützig

Corpus desk

Index DE-verschlagen · verschlagen · German

verschlagen · rank #28,002 · 18 variants · 5 confusables

FREQ-MID #28,002
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
VAR-HIGH 18 variants
BOOK-MID 4,163
PHOTO-FINISH verleitet

Nearest frequency peer: verleitet (-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.

Vergünstigu…

72,002
verleih

72,001
verleitet

72,000
verschlagen

71,999
verschleiert

71,998
verschweigt

71,997

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

verschlagen vs Vorschläge

64% similar

verschlagen vs vorschlagen

91% similar

verschlagen vs verschlungen

83% similar

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

Key facts for verschlagen
Property	Value
Headword	verschlagen
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[fɛɐ̯ˈʃlaːɡn̩]
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#28,002
Misspellings tracked	18
Confusable pairs	5
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „verschlagen“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.verschlagenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#28,002

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „verleitet“ (#28,001), „verschleiert“ (#28,003), „verleih“ (#28,000). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verschlagen“ bei #28,002. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around verschlagen (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlaːɡn̩]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,002 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for verschlagen, with forms such as "evrschlagen", "vercshlagen", and "verrschlagen". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Vorschläge", "vorschlagen", "verschlungen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is verschlagen, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-L-A-G-E-N.

Definition

1
auf geschickte und verdeckte Art und Weise eigennützig
2
geringfügig angewärmt, bei Wasser zum Beispiel weniger als handwarm, sogar weniger als lauwarm

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how verschlagen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Er war schon immer ein verschlagener Bursche.
„Nicht anonyme Mächte – Menschen machen Geschichte. Es hängt entscheidend viel davon ab, ob die politisch Verantwortlichen aufrichtig oder verschlagen miteinander umgehen, ob sie es darauf anlegen, ihr Gegenüber zu vernichten, oder ob sie auf nachhaltige Partnerschaft aus sind.“

Synonyms

gerissen listig hinterlistigschlitzohrig

This word in other languages

devious(English)rusé(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

evrschlagen
vercshlagen
verrschlagen
verscchlagen
verschalgen
verschhlagen
verschlaegn
verschlagenn
verschlaggen
verschlagne
verschlgaen
verschllagen
versclhagen
vershclagen
versschlagen
vesrchlagen
vreschlagen
vverschlagen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verschlagen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "verschlagen"

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 "verschlagen"?

"verschlagen" is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-L-A-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlaːɡn̩].

What does "verschlagen" mean?

As an adjective, "verschlagen" means: auf geschickte und verdeckte Art und Weise eigennützig

What words are commonly confused with "verschlagen"?

"verschlagen" is commonly confused with "Vorschläge", "vorschlagen", "verschlungen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "verschlagen"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verschlagen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlaːɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "verschlagen" come from?

"verschlagen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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