Versteck
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛk]
The verdict
“Versteck” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,705. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,705
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ort, Stelle, wo man sich oder etwas vor anderen verbergen kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-versteck · Versteck · German
Versteck · rank #14,705 · 13 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,705
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verspätet
Nearest frequency peer: verspätet (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Versteck“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- versenkt
versenkt
85,299 corpus weight
- verspielt
verspielt
85,298 corpus weight
- verspätet
verspätet
85,297 corpus weight
- Versteck
Versteck
85,296 corpus weight
- Versöhnung
Versöhnung
85,295 corpus weight
- verwöhnt
verwöhnt
85,294 corpus weight
What this shows „Versteck“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Versteck |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,705 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Versteck“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Versteck (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,705 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ort, Stelle, wo man sich oder etwas vor anderen verbergen kann".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Versteck, with forms such as "evrsteck", "verrsteck", and "versetck". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "versteh", "verstehe", "versteht", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Versteck, spelled V-E-R-S-T-E-C-K.
Definition
- 1Ort, Stelle, wo man sich oder etwas vor anderen verbergen kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Versteck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Kinder haben im Gebüsch ein Versteck.
„Der einzige Mensch, der mich in meinem Versteck besucht, ist Berut.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrsteck
- verrsteck
- versetck
- verssteck
- verstcek
- verstecck
- versteckk
- verstekc
- verstteck
- vertseck
- vesrteck
- vresteck
- vversteck
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Versteck - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Versteck", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).