Versicherung

/[fɛɐ̯ˈzɪçəʁʊŋ]/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,407

in German word usage

Misspellings

19

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Versicherung is aGermannoun. It means: Vereinbarung, bei der eine Partei meist gegen ein Entgelt der anderen bei Eintritt bestimmter schädigender Ereignisse einen Ausgleich des Schadens zusagt Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈzɪçəʁʊŋ]. It ranks #3,407 in German word frequency. Often confused with Versicherungen and Verunsicherung.

Key facts for Versicherung
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HeadwordVersicherung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈzɪçəʁʊŋ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#3,407
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Versicherung in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Versicherung is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈzɪçəʁʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,407 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 19 documented wrong-spelling variants for Versicherung, with forms such as "evrsicherung", "verischerung", and "verrsicherung". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Versicherungen", "Verunsicherung", "versichern", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Versicherung, spelled V-E-R-S-I-C-H-E-R-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vereinbarung, bei der eine Partei meist gegen ein Entgelt der anderen bei Eintritt bestimmter schädigender Ereignisse einen Ausgleich des Schadens zusagt
  2. 2
    Unternehmen, das in Vereinbarungen meist gegen Entgelt anderen bei Eintritt bestimmter schädigender Ereignisse Ausgleich des Schadens zusagt
  3. 3
    nachdrückliche Bestätigung einer Person gegenüber, dass ein bestimmter Sachverhalt zutrifft

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrsicherung,verischerung,verrsicherung,versciherung,versiccherung,versicehrung,versichernug,versicherrung,versicherugn,versicherungg,versicherunng,versicheurng,versichherung,versichreung,versihcerung,verssicherung,vesricherung,vresicherung,vversicherung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Versicherung

Misspelling Variants of "Versicherung"

evrsicherung12verischerung12verrsicherung13versciherung12versiccherung13versicehrung12versichernug12versicherrung13
Misspelling Variants of "Versicherung"

Frequency rank: #3,407 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Versicherung"?
"Versicherung" is spelled V-E-R-S-I-C-H-E-R-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈzɪçəʁʊŋ].
What does "Versicherung" mean?
As a noun, "Versicherung" means: Vereinbarung, bei der eine Partei meist gegen ein Entgelt der anderen bei Eintritt bestimmter schädigender Ereignisse einen Ausgleich des Schadens zusagt
What words are commonly confused with "Versicherung"?
"Versicherung" is commonly confused with "Versicherungen", "Verunsicherung", "versichern". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Versicherung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Versicherung" is [fɛɐ̯ˈzɪçəʁʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Versicherung" come from?
"Versicherung" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.