verstecken
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛkn̩]
The verdict
“verstecken” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,572. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,572
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich oder jemand anderen oder etwas an einen Ort bringen, der anderen nicht bekannt ist, wo man oder es nicht gesehen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-verstecken · verstecken · German
verstecken · rank #4,572 · 16 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,572
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Verlängerung
Nearest frequency peer: Verlängerung (-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 „verstecken“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Treffer
Treffer
95,432 corpus weight
- Tunnel
Tunnel
95,431 corpus weight
- Verlängerung
Verlängerung
95,430 corpus weight
- verstecken
verstecken
95,429 corpus weight
- verteilen
verteilen
95,428 corpus weight
- VfB
VfB
95,427 corpus weight
What this shows „verstecken“ 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 | verstecken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛkn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #4,572 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „verstecken“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around verstecken (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛkn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,572 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "sich oder jemand anderen oder etwas an einen Ort bringen, der anderen nicht bekannt ist, wo man oder es nicht gesehen wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for verstecken, with forms such as "evrstecken", "verrstecken", and "versetcken". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "verstehen", "versteckt", "versteckte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 verstecken, spelled V-E-R-S-T-E-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich oder jemand anderen oder etwas an einen Ort bringen, der anderen nicht bekannt ist, wo man oder es nicht gesehen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verstecken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zu Ostern werden bemalte Eier und kleine Geschenke versteckt.
Wo hast du denn mein Notizbuch schon wieder versteckt?
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrstecken
- verrstecken
- versetcken
- versstecken
- verstceken
- versteccken
- verstecekn
- versteckenn
- versteckken
- versteckne
- verstekcen
- versttecken
- vertsecken
- vesrtecken
- vrestecken
- vverstecken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verstecken - 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 "verstecken", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).