verstecken
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛkn̩]
The verdict
“verstecken” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #4,572 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #4,572
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sich oder jemand anderen oder etwas an einen Ort bringen, der anderen nicht bekannt ist, wo man oder es nicht gesehen wird
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) |
Where “verstecken” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for verstecken is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛkn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,572 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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Using “verstecken”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-S-T-E-C-K-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛkn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “verstehen” - see the side-by-side comparison. verstecken vs verstehen
- 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.