Verstand
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtant]
The verdict
“Verstand” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #2,696 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,696
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fähigkeit, zu verstehen, zu urteilen und logisch zu denken; die Gesamtheit der geistigen Kräfte
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 | Verstand |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtant] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,696 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Verstand” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Verstand is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtant]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,696 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Verstand, with forms such as "evrstand", "verrstand", and "versatnd". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "vertan", "Vorstand", "verstarb", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Verstand, spelled V-E-R-S-T-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Fähigkeit, zu verstehen, zu urteilen und logisch zu denken; die Gesamtheit der geistigen Kräfte
- 2Art der Auffassung eines geistigen Inhaltes
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrstand,verrstand,versatnd,versstand,verstadn,verstandd,verstannd,verstnad,versttand,vertsand,vesrtand,vrestand,vverstand
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Verstand - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Verstand”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-S-T-A-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtant] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “vertan” - see the side-by-side comparison. Verstand vs vertan
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.