verschlechtern
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɛçtɐn]
The verdict
“verschlechtern” has 24 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #28,913. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,913
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 24
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schlechter machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verschlechtern · verschlechtern · German
verschlechtern · rank #28,913 · 24 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,913
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 24 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vernetzte
Nearest frequency peer: vernetzte (-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 „verschlechtern“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Verkündung
Verkündung
71,090 corpus weight
- vernetzte
vernetzte
71,089 corpus weight
- verschlecht…
verschlechtern
71,088 corpus weight
- verschreiben
verschreiben
71,087 corpus weight
- versprachen
versprachen
71,086 corpus weight
- verspüren
verspüren
71,085 corpus weight
What this shows „verschlechtern“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verschlechtern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɛçtɐn] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #28,913 |
| Misspellings tracked | 24 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „verschlechtern“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 24 spelling variants around verschlechtern (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɛçtɐn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,913 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 24 likely wrong-spelling variants for verschlechtern, with forms such as "evrschlechtern", "vercshlechtern", and "verrschlechtern". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "verschlechtert", "verschlechterte", "Verschlechterung", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is verschlechtern, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-L-E-C-H-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1schlechter machen
- 2schlechter werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verschlechtern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Du hast unsere Situation noch verschlechtert!
Dieses Wochenergebnis verschlechtert den Durchschnitt signifikant.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrschlechtern
- vercshlechtern
- verrschlechtern
- verscchlechtern
- verschelchtern
- verschhlechtern
- verschlcehtern
- verschlecchtern
- verschlechetrn
- verschlechhtern
- verschlechtenr
- verschlechternn
- verschlechterrn
- verschlechtren
- verschlechttern
- verschlecthern
- verschlehctern
- verschllechtern
- versclhechtern
- vershclechtern
- versschlechtern
- vesrchlechtern
- vreschlechtern
- vverschlechtern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verschlechtern - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "verschlechtern", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (24 here; floor ≥5).