verschuldet
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃʊldət]
The verdict
“verschuldet” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #20,114 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #20,114
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Schulden besitzend
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 | verschuldet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃʊldət] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #20,114 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verschuldet” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for verschuldet is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃʊldət]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,114 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Schulden besitzend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for verschuldet, with forms such as "evrschuldet", "vercshuldet", and "verrschuldet". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "verschüttet", "verschulden", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is verschuldet, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-U-L-D-E-T.
Definition
- 1Schulden besitzend
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrschuldet,vercshuldet,verrschuldet,verscchuldet,verschhuldet,verschludet,verschudlet,verschulddet,verschuldett,verschuldte,verschuledt,verschulldet,verscuhldet,vershculdet,versschuldet,vesrchuldet,vreschuldet,vverschuldet
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verschuldet - 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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Using “verschuldet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-S-C-H-U-L-D-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃʊldət] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “verschüttet” - see the side-by-side comparison. verschuldet vs verschüttet
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.