Verspätung
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃpɛːtʊŋ]
The verdict
“Verspätung” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,418. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,418
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - die Tatsache, dass ein Ereignis später als geplant eintritt
Corpus desk
Index DE-verspatung · Verspätung · German
Verspätung · rank #7,418 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #7,418
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Versicherungen
Nearest frequency peer: Versicherungen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Verspätung”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- verleihen
verleihen
92,586 corpus weight
- Verlierer
Verlierer
92,585 corpus weight
- Versicherun…
Versicherungen
92,584 corpus weight
- Verspätung
Verspätung
92,583 corpus weight
- verwandeln
verwandeln
92,582 corpus weight
- verwandt
verwandt
92,581 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Verspätung” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Verspätung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃpɛːtʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #7,418 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Verspätung” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Verspätung (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈʃpɛːtʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,418 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Verspätung, with forms such as "evrspätung", "verpsätung", and "verrspätung". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Verspätungen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 Verspätung, spelled V-E-R-S-P-Ä-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1die Tatsache, dass ein Ereignis später als geplant eintritt
- 2die Länge des Zeitintervalls, um das ein Ereignis später als geplant eintritt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Verspätung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Flieger nach Berlin hat schon wieder Verspätung.
„Aufgrund der Verspätung würde der Flieger erst mitten in der Nacht abheben, und sie stellte ihren Koffer in ein Gepäckfach und ging auf die Besucherterrasse.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrspätung
- verpsätung
- verrspätung
- versppätung
- versptäung
- verspätnug
- verspättung
- verspätugn
- verspätungg
- verspätunng
- verspäutng
- versspätung
- versäptung
- vesrpätung
- vrespätung
- vverspätung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Verspätung - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Verspätung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Verspätungen". View pair
- 16 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #7,418 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "V" letter cohort. V–Z browse
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.