verseuchen
[fɛɐ̯ˈzɔɪ̯çn̩]
The verdict
“verseuchen” is uncommon German (frequency #95,067 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,067
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schädliche Substanzen zusetzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verseuchen · verseuchen · German
verseuchen · rank #95,067 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,067
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verscherzt
Nearest frequency peer: verscherzt (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „verseuchen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- versage
versage
4,937 corpus weight
- Versatz
Versatz
4,936 corpus weight
- verscherzt
verscherzt
4,935 corpus weight
- verseuchen
verseuchen
4,934 corpus weight
- verstaute
verstaute
4,933 corpus weight
- verstreuen
verstreuen
4,932 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verseuchen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verseuchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈzɔɪ̯çn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #95,067 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verseuchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verseuchen is uncommon German at frequency #95,067 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈzɔɪ̯çn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schädliche Substanzen zusetzen".
verseuchen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is verseuchen, spelled V-E-R-S-E-U-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1schädliche Substanzen zusetzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verseuchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Infektion des Menschen erfolgt immer über den Mund, sei es durch den Genuss infizierter Lebensmittel, die Berührung von verseuchten Gegenständen, vor allem aber durch das Trinkwasser in Wasserleitungen, in denen die Erreger über die Ausscheidungen Infizierter, die nicht unbedingt immer erkranken müssen, gelangen.“
„Der austretende Klärschlamm begrub ein Dorf unter sich und verseuchte das Tal des Flusses Rio Doce.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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