verschrieb
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃʁiːp]
The verdict
“verschrieb” is uncommon German (frequency #67,843 among 49,639 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,843
- frequency rank, German
- 49,639
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs verschreiben
Corpus desk
Index DE-verschrieb · verschrieb · German
verschrieb · rank #67,843 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,843
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,639
- PHOTO-FINISH verschickte
Nearest frequency peer: verschickte (-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 “verschrieb”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Vermögenswe…
Vermögenswerten
32,161 corpus weight
- verpackten
verpackten
32,160 corpus weight
- verschickte
verschickte
32,159 corpus weight
- verschrieb
verschrieb
32,158 corpus weight
- Verschwörun…
Verschwörungstheoretikern
32,157 corpus weight
- verschüttet…
verschütteten
32,156 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “verschrieb” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verschrieb |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃʁiːp] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #67,843 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verschrieb” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
verschrieb is uncommon German at frequency #67,843 among 49,639 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃʁiːp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for verschrieb, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is verschrieb, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-R-I-E-B.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs verschreiben
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs verschreiben
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.