verziehen
[fɛɐ̯ˈt͡siːən]
The verdict
“verziehen” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #20,118 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #20,118
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aus der Form geraten
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 | verziehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈt͡siːən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #20,118 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verziehen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for verziehen is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈt͡siːən]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,118 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for verziehen, with forms such as "evrziehen", "verizehen", and "verrziehen". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "verzieht", "vorziehen", "verzierten", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is verziehen, spelled V-E-R-Z-I-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1aus der Form geraten
- 2bewirken, dass etwas aus der Form kommt
- 3seinen Wohnsitz an einen anderen Ort verlegen
- 4verschwinden
- 5sich verzögern
- 6durch fehlende Strenge Fehler bei der Kindererziehung machen
- 7Pflanzen vereinzeln
- 8einen Ball auf eine falsche Bahn bringen
- 9eine Änderung in der Laufrichtung einer Treppe bewirken, indem einige oder alle Stufen einseitig schmaler angelegt werden, als auf der anderen Seite; einen Schornstein geneigt verlaufen lassen
- 10etwas ziehen können, weil es nicht zu schwer ist
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrziehen,verizehen,verrziehen,verzieehn,verziehenn,verziehhen,verziehne,verziheen,verzziehen,vezriehen,vreziehen,vverziehen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verziehen - 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 “verziehen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-Z-I-E-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈt͡siːən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “verzieht” - see the side-by-side comparison. verziehen vs verzieht
- 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.