verschlucken

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʃlʊkn̩]/ verb

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#47,824

in German word usage

Misspellings

20

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

verschlucken is aGermanverb. It means: einen Festkörper durch Muskelbewegungen vom Mundraum in die Speiseröhre befördern Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlʊkn̩]. Often confused with verschluckt and verschlungen.

Key facts for verschlucken
PropertyValue
Headwordverschlucken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʃlʊkn̩]
Letters12
Frequency rank#47,824
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of verschlucken in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for verschlucken is 12 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlʊkn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #47,824 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 20 documented wrong-spelling variants for verschlucken, with forms such as "evrschlucken", "vercshlucken", and "verrschlucken". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "verschluckt", "verschlungen", "verschicken", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is verschlucken, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-L-U-C-K-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen Festkörper durch Muskelbewegungen vom Mundraum in die Speiseröhre befördern
  2. 2
    den Akt des Schluckens nicht ordnungsgemäß ausführen, sodass Nahrung in die Luftröhre gelangt

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrschlucken,vercshlucken,verrschlucken,verscchlucken,verschhlucken,verschlcuken,verschllucken,verschluccken,verschlucekn,verschluckenn,verschluckken,verschluckne,verschlukcen,verschulcken,versclhucken,vershclucken,versschlucken,vesrchlucken,vreschlucken,vverschlucken

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for verschlucken

Misspelling Variants of "verschlucken"

evrschlucken12vercshlucken12verrschlucken13verscchlucken13verschhlucken13verschlcuken12verschllucken13verschluccken13
Misspelling Variants of "verschlucken"

Frequency rank: #47,824 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verschlucken"?
"verschlucken" is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-L-U-C-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlʊkn̩].
What does "verschlucken" mean?
As a verb, "verschlucken" means: einen Festkörper durch Muskelbewegungen vom Mundraum in die Speiseröhre befördern
What words are commonly confused with "verschlucken"?
"verschlucken" is commonly confused with "verschluckt", "verschlungen", "verschicken". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verschlucken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verschlucken" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃlʊkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verschlucken" come from?
"verschlucken" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.