verteilen

/[fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯lən]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,573

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

verteilen is aGermanverb. It means: mehreren Personen einen Teil von etwas geben Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯lən]. It ranks #4,573 in German word frequency. Often confused with verteilt and Vorteile.

Key facts for verteilen
PropertyValue
Headwordverteilen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯lən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,573
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of verteilen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for verteilen is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯lən]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,573 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for verteilen, with forms such as "evrteilen", "veretilen", and "verrteilen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "verteilt", "Vorteile", "verweisen", and more, 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 verteilen, spelled V-E-R-T-E-I-L-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    mehreren Personen einen Teil von etwas geben
  2. 2
    etwas in gleicher Menge, Ausmaß an verschiedene Stellen bringen
  3. 3
    mehr Fläche, Raum einnehmen, in Anspruch nehmen; sich ausbreiten

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrteilen,veretilen,verrteilen,verteieln,verteilenn,verteillen,verteilne,vertelien,vertielen,vertteilen,vetreilen,vreteilen,vverteilen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for verteilen

Misspelling Variants of "verteilen"

evrteilen9veretilen9verrteilen10verteieln9verteilenn10verteillen10verteilne9vertelien9
Misspelling Variants of "verteilen"

Frequency rank: #4,573 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verteilen"?
"verteilen" is spelled V-E-R-T-E-I-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯lən].
What does "verteilen" mean?
As a verb, "verteilen" means: mehreren Personen einen Teil von etwas geben
What words are commonly confused with "verteilen"?
"verteilen" is commonly confused with "verteilt", "Vorteile", "verweisen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verteilen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verteilen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯lən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verteilen" come from?
"verteilen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.