verspäten
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃpɛːtn̩]
The verdict
“verspäten” is uncommon German (frequency #77,494 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,494
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu spät kommen, mit Verzögerung eintreffen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verspaten · verspäten · German
verspäten · rank #77,494 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,494
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Versorgungsla…
Nearest frequency peer: Versorgungslage (-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 „verspäten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- verpfänden
verpfänden
22,511 corpus weight
- verprügelte
verprügelte
22,510 corpus weight
- Versicherun…
Versicherungswesen
22,509 corpus weight
- Versorgungs…
Versorgungslage
22,508 corpus weight
- verspäten
verspäten
22,507 corpus weight
- verstellbar
verstellbar
22,505 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verspäten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verspäten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃpɛːtn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,494 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verspäten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verspäten is uncommon German at frequency #77,494 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃpɛːtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zu spät kommen, mit Verzögerung eintreffen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verspäten, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is verspäten, spelled V-E-R-S-P-Ä-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1zu spät kommen, mit Verzögerung eintreffen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verspäten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Leider war sehr viel Verkehr und wir haben uns etwas verspätet, hoffentlich ist das Essen noch nicht kalt.
Hallo, ich verspäte mich um eine halbe Stunde, nicht böse sein, wir treffen uns am Parkplatz.
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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