verunsichern

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊnˌzɪçɐn]/ verb

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,185

in German word usage

Misspellings

19

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

verunsichern is aGermanverb. It means: jemanden durch eine Person oder Situation so beeinflussen, das ein Gefühl der Unsicherheit entsteht Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊnˌzɪçɐn]. Often confused with verunsichert and Verunsicherung.

Key facts for verunsichern
PropertyValue
Headwordverunsichern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊnˌzɪçɐn]
Letters12
Frequency rank#24,185
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for verunsichern is 12 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊnˌzɪçɐn]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,185 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "jemanden durch eine Person oder Situation so beeinflussen, das ein Gefühl der Unsicherheit entsteht".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 19 documented wrong-spelling variants for verunsichern, with forms such as "evrunsichern", "vernusichern", and "verrunsichern". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "verunsichert", "Verunsicherung", "versichern", 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 verunsichern, spelled V-E-R-U-N-S-I-C-H-E-R-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden durch eine Person oder Situation so beeinflussen, das ein Gefühl der Unsicherheit entsteht

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrunsichern,vernusichern,verrunsichern,verunischern,verunnsichern,verunscihern,verunsicchern,verunsicehrn,verunsichenr,verunsichernn,verunsicherrn,verunsichhern,verunsichren,verunsihcern,verunssichern,verusnichern,veurnsichern,vreunsichern,vverunsichern

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for verunsichern

Misspelling Variants of "verunsichern"

evrunsichern12vernusichern12verrunsichern13verunischern12verunnsichern13verunscihern12verunsicchern13verunsicehrn12
Misspelling Variants of "verunsichern"

Frequency rank: #24,185 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verunsichern"?
"verunsichern" is spelled V-E-R-U-N-S-I-C-H-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊnˌzɪçɐn].
What does "verunsichern" mean?
As a verb, "verunsichern" means: jemanden durch eine Person oder Situation so beeinflussen, das ein Gefühl der Unsicherheit entsteht
What words are commonly confused with "verunsichern"?
"verunsichern" is commonly confused with "verunsichert", "Verunsicherung", "versichern". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verunsichern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verunsichern" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔʊnˌzɪçɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verunsichern" come from?
"verunsichern" 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.