verstören
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtøːʁən]
The verdict
“verstören” is uncommon German (frequency #97,914 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,914
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - stark beunruhigen, in tiefe Verwirrung stürzen, aus dem inneren Gleichgewicht bringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verstoren · verstören · German
verstören · rank #97,914 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,914
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verständnisvo…
Nearest frequency peer: verständnisvollen (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „verstören“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- verschränkte
verschränkte
2,090 corpus weight
- versoffen
versoffen
2,089 corpus weight
- verständnis…
verständnisvollen
2,088 corpus weight
- verstören
verstören
2,087 corpus weight
- vertilgen
vertilgen
2,086 corpus weight
- verunreinig…
verunreinigen
2,084 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verstören“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verstören |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtøːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #97,914 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verstören“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verstören is uncommon German at frequency #97,914 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtøːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "stark beunruhigen, in tiefe Verwirrung stürzen, aus dem inneren Gleichgewicht bringen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verstören, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is verstören, spelled V-E-R-S-T-Ö-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1stark beunruhigen, in tiefe Verwirrung stürzen, aus dem inneren Gleichgewicht bringen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how verstören appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Klara hat ein paar anonyme Briefe bekommen, die sie zutiefst verstören.
This word in other languages
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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