verspannt

[fɛɐ̯ˈʃpant]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʃpant]/ verb

The verdict

“verspannt” is uncommon German (frequency #62,973 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,973
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verspannen

Corpus desk

Index DE-verspannt · verspannt · German

verspannt · rank #62,973 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,973
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verschränkt

Nearest frequency peer: verschränkt (-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 „verspannt“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verspannt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verspannt
PropertyValue
Headwordverspannt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʃpant]
Letters9
Frequency rank#62,973
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verspannt“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).verspanntfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verschränkt“ (#62,972), „verstirbt“ (#62,974), „verschmitzt“ (#62,971). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verspannt“ bei #62,973. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verspannt is uncommon German at frequency #62,973 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃpant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verspannen".

No misspelling variants are generated for verspannt in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is verspannt, spelled V-E-R-S-P-A-N-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verspannen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verspannt"?
"verspannt" is spelled V-E-R-S-P-A-N-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃpant].
What does "verspannt" mean?
As a verb, "verspannt" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verspannen
How do you pronounce "verspannt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verspannt" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃpant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verspannt" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "verspannt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list