verschusseln
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃʊsl̩n]
The verdict
“verschusseln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas wegen eigener Unachtsamkeit (schusselig sein) verlieren, nicht mehr wiederfinden
Corpus desk
Index DE-verschusseln · verschusseln · German
verschusseln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verschusseln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃʊsl̩n] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verschusseln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verschusseln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃʊsl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for verschusseln in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists 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 verschusseln, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-U-S-S-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1etwas wegen eigener Unachtsamkeit (schusselig sein) verlieren, nicht mehr wiederfinden
- 2etwas wegen eigener Unkonzentriertheit (schusselig sein) vergessen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verschusseln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe das Anmeldeformular verschusselt, keine Ahnung, wo ich das hingelegt habe. Ich dachte noch, da finde ich es sicher wieder.
Hab ich schon wieder deinen Geburtstag verschusselt! Tut mir echt leid.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.