verschmutzt
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃmʊt͡st]
The verdict
“verschmutzt” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,706. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,706
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Flecken, Dreck oder Schadstoffe aufweisend oder enthaltend
Corpus desk
Index DE-verschmutzt · verschmutzt · German
verschmutzt · rank #36,706 · 19 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #36,706
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verpennt
Nearest frequency peer: verpennt (-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 “verschmutzt”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Vergleichs
Vergleichs
63,299 corpus weight
- verkleidete
verkleidete
63,298 corpus weight
- verlauten
verlauten
63,297 corpus weight
- verpennt
verpennt
63,296 corpus weight
- verschmutzt
verschmutzt
63,295 corpus weight
- verurteilter
verurteilter
63,292 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “verschmutzt” 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 | verschmutzt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃmʊt͡st] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #36,706 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “verschmutzt” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around verschmutzt (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈʃmʊt͡st]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #36,706 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Flecken, Dreck oder Schadstoffe aufweisend oder enthaltend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for verschmutzt, with forms such as "evrschmutzt", "vercshmutzt", and "verrschmutzt". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "verschwitzt", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is verschmutzt, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-M-U-T-Z-T.
Definition
- 1Flecken, Dreck oder Schadstoffe aufweisend oder enthaltend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verschmutzt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Umweltschutzorganisation „Blacksmith Institute“ hat eine Liste der am meisten verschmutzten Orte der Welt veröffentlicht.
Neu Delhi liegt unter dichtem Smog begraben. Der indische Ärztebund hat deshalb nun den Notstand ausgerufen. Die verschmutzte Luft ist jedoch ein altbekanntes Problem.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrschmutzt
- vercshmutzt
- verrschmutzt
- verscchmutzt
- verschhmutzt
- verschmmutzt
- verschmtuzt
- verschmuttz
- verschmuttzt
- verschmutztt
- verschmutzzt
- verschmuztt
- verschumtzt
- verscmhutzt
- vershcmutzt
- versschmutzt
- vesrchmutzt
- vreschmutzt
- vverschmutzt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verschmutzt - 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 "verschmutzt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "verschmutzt". Here's where to go from here.
- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "verschwitzt". View pair
- 19 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #36,706 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.