verspäteter

[fɛɐ̯ˈʃpɛːtətɐ]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʃpɛːtətɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“verspäteter” is uncommon German (frequency #65,827 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,827
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verspätet

Corpus desk

Index DE-verspateter · verspäteter · German

verspäteter · rank #65,827 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,827
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verschrotten

Nearest frequency peer: verschrotten (-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 „verspäteter“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verspäteter
PropertyValue
Headwordverspäteter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʃpɛːtətɐ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#65,827
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verspäteter“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).verspäteterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verschrotten“ (#65,826), „verstärktem“ (#65,828), „verrottet“ (#65,825). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verspäteter“ bei #65,827. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verspäteter is uncommon German at frequency #65,827 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃpɛːtətɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verspäteter, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is verspäteter, spelled V-E-R-S-P-Ä-T-E-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verspätet
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verspätet
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verspätet
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verspätet
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verspätet

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 "verspäteter"?
"verspäteter" is spelled V-E-R-S-P-Ä-T-E-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃpɛːtətɐ].
What does "verspäteter" mean?
As an adjective, "verspäteter" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs verspätet
How do you pronounce "verspäteter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verspäteter" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃpɛːtətɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verspäteter" come from?
"verspäteter" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

verstärktem#65,828verfrachten#65,816vierhundert#65,839verbreitern#65,809

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list