verstümmelt
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʏml̩t]
The verdict
“verstümmelt” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #37,873 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #37,873
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - schwere Verletzungen aufweisend, die meist den Verlust von Körperteilen mit sich bringen
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 | verstümmelt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʏml̩t] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #37,873 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verstümmelt” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for verstümmelt is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʏml̩t]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,873 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 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for verstümmelt, with forms such as "evrstümmelt", "verrstümmelt", and "versstümmelt". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "verstummt", "verstummen", "versammelt", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is verstümmelt, spelled V-E-R-S-T-Ü-M-M-E-L-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1schwere Verletzungen aufweisend, die meist den Verlust von Körperteilen mit sich bringen
- 2so beschädigt/entstellt, dass nur noch ein unbrauchbarer Rest bleibt
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrstümmelt,verrstümmelt,versstümmelt,verstmümelt,versttümmelt,verstümelt,verstümemlt,verstümmellt,verstümmeltt,verstümmetl,verstümmlet,versütmmelt,vertsümmelt,vesrtümmelt,vrestümmelt,vverstümmelt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verstümmelt - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “verstümmelt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-S-T-Ü-M-M-E-L-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʏml̩t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “verstummt” - see the side-by-side comparison. verstümmelt vs verstummt
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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