verschlimmern
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɪmɐn]
The verdict
“verschlimmern” has 20 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,277. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,277
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas schlimmer machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verschlimmern · verschlimmern · German
verschlimmern · rank #37,277 · 20 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,277
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Vernichtungsl…
Nearest frequency peer: Vernichtungslager (-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 „verschlimmern“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- verjährt
verjährt
62,727 corpus weight
- verkrampft
verkrampft
62,726 corpus weight
- Vernichtung…
Vernichtungslager
62,725 corpus weight
- verschlimme…
verschlimmern
62,724 corpus weight
- verschlosse…
verschlossene
62,723 corpus weight
- verschollen…
verschollenen
62,722 corpus weight
What this shows „verschlimmern“ 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 | verschlimmern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɪmɐn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #37,277 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „verschlimmern“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around verschlimmern (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɪmɐn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,277 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for verschlimmern, with forms such as "evrschlimmern", "vercshlimmern", and "verrschlimmern". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "verschwimmen", "verschlimmert", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is verschlimmern, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-L-I-M-M-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1etwas schlimmer machen
- 2schlimmer werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verschlimmern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn wir jetzt eingreifen, können wir die Situation nur noch weiter verschlimmern.
„Dennoch verschlimmerte sich ihr Zustand weiter; nichts half.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrschlimmern
- vercshlimmern
- verrschlimmern
- verscchlimmern
- verschhlimmern
- verschilmmern
- verschlimemrn
- verschlimern
- verschlimmenr
- verschlimmernn
- verschlimmerrn
- verschlimmren
- verschllimmern
- verschlmimern
- versclhimmern
- vershclimmern
- versschlimmern
- vesrchlimmern
- vreschlimmern
- vverschlimmern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verschlimmern - 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.
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 "verschlimmern", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).