verses
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The verdict
“verses” is uncommon German (frequency #89,763 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,763
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs verse
Corpus desk
Index DE-verses · verses · German
verses · rank #89,763 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,763
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verschiedenar…
Nearest frequency peer: verschiedenartigen (-2 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 “verses”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- verpesten
verpesten
10,243 corpus weight
- verschandeln
verschandeln
10,241 corpus weight
- verschieden…
verschiedenartigen
10,240 corpus weight
- verses
verses
10,238 corpus weight
- verständnis…
verständnisvolle
10,236 corpus weight
- vertrösten
vertrösten
10,233 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “verses” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verses |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,763 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “verses” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
verses is uncommon German at frequency #89,763 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs verse".
verses doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is verses, spelled V-E-R-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs verse
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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