verspotten
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃpɔtn̩]
The verdict
“verspotten” is uncommon German (frequency #57,533 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,533
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich boshaft über jemanden oder etwas lustig machen; über jemanden oder etwas spotten
Corpus desk
Index DE-verspotten · verspotten · German
verspotten · rank #57,533 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,533
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verstaubt
Nearest frequency peer: verstaubt (+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 „verspotten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Versagens
Versagens
42,472 corpus weight
- verschenkte
verschenkte
42,471 corpus weight
- verscheucht
verscheucht
42,470 corpus weight
- verspotten
verspotten
42,468 corpus weight
- verstaubt
verstaubt
42,467 corpus weight
- Verunglimpf…
Verunglimpfung
42,465 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verspotten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verspotten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃpɔtn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,533 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verspotten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verspotten is uncommon German at frequency #57,533 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃpɔtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich boshaft über jemanden oder etwas lustig machen; über jemanden oder etwas spotten".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for verspotten, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is verspotten, spelled V-E-R-S-P-O-T-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich boshaft über jemanden oder etwas lustig machen; über jemanden oder etwas spotten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verspotten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Klassenkameraden verspotten den kleinen Jungen.
„Drei schwarze Vögel verspotten ihn mit einem Lied auf die Sinnlosigkeit alles menschlichen Tuns.“
This word in other languages
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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