versinken
[fɛɐ̯ˈzɪŋkn̩]
The verdict
“versinken” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,197. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,197
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in eine weiche Materie eintauchen
Corpus desk
Index DE-versinken · versinken · German
versinken · rank #22,197 · 14 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,197
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Verpackungen
Nearest frequency peer: Verpackungen (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „versinken“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Verlobte
Verlobte
77,807 corpus weight
- Vernehmung
Vernehmung
77,806 corpus weight
- Verpackungen
Verpackungen
77,805 corpus weight
- versinken
versinken
77,804 corpus weight
- verstört
verstört
77,803 corpus weight
- versuchter
versuchter
77,801 corpus weight
What this shows „versinken“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | versinken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈzɪŋkn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #22,197 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „versinken“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around versinken (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈzɪŋkn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,197 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for versinken, with forms such as "evrsinken", "verisnken", and "verrsinken". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "versinkt", "Versionen", "versunken", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is versinken, spelled V-E-R-S-I-N-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1in eine weiche Materie eintauchen
- 2(als Schiff) unter die Wasseroberfläche abtauchen
- 3sich in eine Tätigkeit vertiefen, in eine Stimmung geraten
- 4in einen Zustand geraten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how versinken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei jedem Schritt versank ich bis zu den Knien im Sand, sodass mir das Wasser bis zu den Oberschenkeln reichte.“
„Acht Menschen sind in den Fluten ums Leben gekommen, als im Oktober 1996 das slowakische Schubschiff ‚Dumbier‘ samt Leichter bei Hochwasser die Wehranlage des Kraftwerks Freudenau rammte und in der Donau versank.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrsinken
- verisnken
- verrsinken
- versiknen
- versinekn
- versinkenn
- versinkken
- versinkne
- versinnken
- versniken
- verssinken
- vesrinken
- vresinken
- vversinken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of versinken - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "versinken", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).