vertauschen

[fɛɐ̯ˈtaʊ̯ʃn̩]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈtaʊ̯ʃn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“vertauschen” is uncommon German (frequency #55,004 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,004
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Ware gegen eine andere Ware austauschen

Corpus desk

Index DE-vertauschen · vertauschen · German

vertauschen · rank #55,004 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,004
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Verstrickung

Nearest frequency peer: Verstrickung (-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 „vertauschen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „vertauschen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vertauschen
PropertyValue
Headwordvertauschen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈtaʊ̯ʃn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#55,004
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „vertauschen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).vertauschenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Verstrickung“ (#55,003), „versierte“ (#55,002), „Vertrauensverlust“ (#55,006). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „vertauschen“ bei #55,004. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vertauschen is uncommon German at frequency #55,004 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈtaʊ̯ʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vertauschen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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 vertauschen, spelled V-E-R-T-A-U-S-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Ware gegen eine andere Ware austauschen
  2. 2
    eine Tätigkeit oder Position zugunsten einer anderen aufgeben
  3. 3
    in betrügerischer Absicht etwas austauschen
  4. 4
    irrtümlich nehmen; etwas verwechseln

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how vertauschen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Als er nun noch weiter gegangen war, begegnete ihm ein Mann mit einer Gans, und nun vertauschte Gudbrand das Schaf gegen die Gans.
  2. Sie blieben dann in der Familie und vertauschten nur einen vielleicht nicht schlechten Herrn mit einem zweifellos guten.

Synonyms

austauschenauswechselndurcheinanderbringendurcheinanderwerfenverwechseln

This word in other languages

exchange(English)cambiar(Español)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vertauschen"?
"vertauschen" is spelled V-E-R-T-A-U-S-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈtaʊ̯ʃn̩].
What does "vertauschen" mean?
As a verb, "vertauschen" means: eine Ware gegen eine andere Ware austauschen
How do you pronounce "vertauschen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vertauschen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈtaʊ̯ʃn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vertauschen" come from?
"vertauschen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vertauschen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

verseuchten#55,001vorbeugende#55,016Verdunstung#54,991vorzeitiger#55,019

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list