verschwinden
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪndn̩]
The verdict
“verschwinden” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #2,863 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #2,863
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aufhören zu existieren, sich in Nichts auflösen
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 | verschwinden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪndn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #2,863 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verschwinden” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for verschwinden is 12 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪndn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,863 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for verschwinden, with forms such as "evrschwinden", "vercshwinden", and "verrschwinden". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "verschwunden", "verschwindet", "verschwindend", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is verschwinden, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-W-I-N-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1aufhören zu existieren, sich in Nichts auflösen
- 2den wahrnehmbaren Bereich verlassen
- 3verloren gehen
- 4den Ort des Geschehens verlassen
- 5zur Toilette gehen
- 6Mathematik, den Wert Null annehmen
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This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrschwinden,vercshwinden,verrschwinden,verscchwinden,verschhwinden,verschiwnden,verschwidnen,verschwindden,verschwindenn,verschwindne,verschwinedn,verschwinnden,verschwniden,verschwwinden,verscwhinden,vershcwinden,versschwinden,vesrchwinden,vreschwinden,vverschwinden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verschwinden - 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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Using “verschwinden”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-S-C-H-W-I-N-D-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪndn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “verschwunden” - see the side-by-side comparison. verschwinden vs verschwunden
- 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.