verständlich

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛntlɪç]/ adj

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,929

in German word usage

Misspellings

20

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

verständlich is anGermanadj. It means: praktisch gut aufzunehmen und klar zu hören, zu verstehen Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛntlɪç]. It ranks #3,929 in German word frequency. Often confused with verständliche and verständlicher.

Key facts for verständlich
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Headwordverständlich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛntlɪç]
Letters12
Frequency rank#3,929
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of verständlich in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for verständlich is 12 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛntlɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,929 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for verständlich, with forms such as "evrständlich", "verrständlich", and "versständlich". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "verständliche", "verständlicher", "verständlichen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is verständlich, spelled V-E-R-S-T-Ä-N-D-L-I-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    praktisch gut aufzunehmen und klar zu hören, zu verstehen
  2. 2
    mit dem Verstand gut nachzuvollziehen
  3. 3
    (auch) emotional gut nachzuvollziehen, wenn man sich in die Situation hineinversetzt

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrständlich,verrständlich,versständlich,verstnädlich,versttändlich,verstädnlich,verständdlich,verständilch,verständlcih,verständlicch,verständlichh,verständlihc,verständllich,verstänldich,verstänndlich,versätndlich,vertsändlich,vesrtändlich,vreständlich,vverständlich

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for verständlich

Misspelling Variants of "verständlich"

evrständlich12verrständlich13versständlich13verstnädlich12versttändlich13verstädnlich12verständdlich13verständilch12
Misspelling Variants of "verständlich"

Frequency rank: #3,929 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verständlich"?
"verständlich" is spelled V-E-R-S-T-Ä-N-D-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛntlɪç].
What does "verständlich" mean?
As an adj, "verständlich" means: praktisch gut aufzunehmen und klar zu hören, zu verstehen
What words are commonly confused with "verständlich"?
"verständlich" is commonly confused with "verständliche", "verständlicher", "verständlichen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verständlich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verständlich" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛntlɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verständlich" come from?
"verständlich" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.