verstreuen
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁɔɪ̯ən]
The verdict
“verstreuen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #95,069 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #95,069
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - über eine Fläche verteilen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verstreuen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁɔɪ̯ən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #95,069 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verstreuen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for verstreuen is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁɔɪ̯ən]. Corpus data places it at rank #95,069 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for verstreuen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is verstreuen, spelled V-E-R-S-T-R-E-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1über eine Fläche verteilen
- 2so in einem Raum verteilen, dass Unordnung entsteht
- 3so über ein Gebiet verteilen, dass die Personen nicht mehr nahe beieinander stehen
Antonyms
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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Using “verstreuen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-S-T-R-E-U-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁɔɪ̯ən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.