verstopft
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɔp͡ft]
The verdict
“verstopft” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #22,952 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #22,952
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - den Durchfluss von etwas behindernd (beispielsweise Abwasser, Blut, Luft)
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 | verstopft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɔp͡ft] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #22,952 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verstopft” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for verstopft is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɔp͡ft]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,952 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for verstopft, with forms such as "evrstopft", "verrstopft", and "versotpft". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "verstört", "verstopfen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is verstopft, spelled V-E-R-S-T-O-P-F-T.
Definition
- 1den Durchfluss von etwas behindernd (beispielsweise Abwasser, Blut, Luft)
- 2unfähig, sich zu bewegen; Zustand des Staus auf Straßen, wenn zu viele Fahrzeuge gleichzeitig fahren wollen
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrstopft,verrstopft,versotpft,versstopft,verstofpt,verstopfft,verstopftt,verstoppft,verstoptf,verstpoft,versttopft,vertsopft,vesrtopft,vrestopft,vverstopft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verstopft - 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 “verstopft”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-S-T-O-P-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɔp͡ft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “verstört” - see the side-by-side comparison. verstopft vs verstört
- 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.