verstanden
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtandn̩]
The verdict
“verstanden” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #1,099 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #1,099
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verstehen
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 | verstanden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtandn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #1,099 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verstanden” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for verstanden is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtandn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,099 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verstehen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for verstanden, with forms such as "evrstanden", "verrstanden", and "versatnden". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Vorstände", "verstauen", "verstärken", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is verstanden, spelled V-E-R-S-T-A-N-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verstehen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrstanden,verrstanden,versatnden,versstanden,verstadnen,verstandden,verstandenn,verstandne,verstanedn,verstannden,verstnaden,versttanden,vertsanden,vesrtanden,vrestanden,vverstanden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verstanden - 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 “verstanden”
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-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtandn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Vorstände” - see the side-by-side comparison. verstanden vs Vorstände
- 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.