Verschmutzung
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃmʊt͡sʊŋ]
The verdict
“Verschmutzung” has 22 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,551. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,551
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 22
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verunreinigung durch Schmutz
Corpus desk
Index DE-verschmutzung · Verschmutzung · German
Verschmutzung · rank #27,551 · 22 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #27,551
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 22 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verschmolzen
Nearest frequency peer: verschmolzen (-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 „Verschmutzung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- verlaufe
verlaufe
72,453 corpus weight
- verringerte
verringerte
72,452 corpus weight
- verschmolzen
verschmolzen
72,451 corpus weight
- Verschmutzu…
Verschmutzung
72,450 corpus weight
- verspottet
verspottet
72,449 corpus weight
- versöhnen
versöhnen
72,448 corpus weight
What this shows „Verschmutzung“ 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 | Verschmutzung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃmʊt͡sʊŋ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #27,551 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Verschmutzung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 22 spelling variants around Verschmutzung (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈʃmʊt͡sʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,551 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Verunreinigung durch Schmutz".
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for Verschmutzung, with forms such as "evrschmutzung", "vercshmutzung", and "verrschmutzung". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Verschmelzung", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Verschmutzung, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-M-U-T-Z-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Verunreinigung durch Schmutz
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Verschmutzung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aber die Meere leiden ja vor allem unter der Verschmutzung vom Land aus.
„Auch die Verschmutzung durch Mikroplastik wird in jedem Land deutlich zunehmen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrschmutzung
- vercshmutzung
- verrschmutzung
- verscchmutzung
- verschhmutzung
- verschmmutzung
- verschmtuzung
- verschmuttzung
- verschmutuzng
- verschmutznug
- verschmutzugn
- verschmutzungg
- verschmutzunng
- verschmutzzung
- verschmuztung
- verschumtzung
- verscmhutzung
- vershcmutzung
- versschmutzung
- vesrchmutzung
- vreschmutzung
- vverschmutzung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Verschmutzung - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Verschmutzung", 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 (22 here; floor ≥5).