verschlossen
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɔsn̩]
The verdict
“verschlossen” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,479. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,479
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit einem Schloss verriegelt
Corpus desk
Index DE-verschlossen · verschlossen · German
verschlossen · rank #8,479 · 19 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,479
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vernichten
Nearest frequency peer: vernichten (-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 “verschlossen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- verknüpft
verknüpft
91,525 corpus weight
- Verleihung
Verleihung
91,524 corpus weight
- vernichten
vernichten
91,523 corpus weight
- verschlossen
verschlossen
91,522 corpus weight
- verstärken
verstärken
91,521 corpus weight
- veränderte
veränderte
91,520 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “verschlossen” 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 | verschlossen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɔsn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #8,479 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “verschlossen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around verschlossen (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɔsn̩]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,479 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for verschlossen, with forms such as "evrschlossen", "vercshlossen", and "verrschlossen". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "verschossen", "verschlossene", "verschlüsseln", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is verschlossen, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-L-O-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit einem Schloss verriegelt
- 2unzugänglich, in sich gekehrt, schweigsam, wortkarg
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verschlossen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Tür ist verschlossen.
„Richter Stefan Ortmann, der Staatsanwalt und alle fünf Verteidiger führen hinter verschlossenen Türen ein Rechtsgespräch.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrschlossen
- vercshlossen
- verrschlossen
- verscchlossen
- verschhlossen
- verschllossen
- verschlosen
- verschlosesn
- verschlossenn
- verschlossne
- verschloßen
- verschlsosen
- verscholssen
- versclhossen
- vershclossen
- versschlossen
- vesrchlossen
- vreschlossen
- vverschlossen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verschlossen - 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 "verschlossen", 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 (19 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "verschlossen" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "verschossen". View pair
- 19 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,479 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "V" letter cohort. V–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.