verzweifelt
[fɛɐ̯ˈt͡svaɪ̯fl̩t]
The verdict
“verzweifelt” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,783. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,783
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - keine Hoffnung (mehr) besitzend; äußerst pessimistisch
Corpus desk
Index DE-verzweifelt · verzweifelt · German
verzweifelt · rank #5,783 · 17 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,783
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verschaffen
Nearest frequency peer: verschaffen (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „verzweifelt“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- vergleichbar
vergleichbar
94,221 corpus weight
- vermissen
vermissen
94,220 corpus weight
- verschaffen
verschaffen
94,219 corpus weight
- verzweifelt
verzweifelt
94,218 corpus weight
- veröffentli…
veröffentlichte
94,217 corpus weight
- veröffentli…
veröffentlichten
94,216 corpus weight
What this shows „verzweifelt“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | verzweifelt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈt͡svaɪ̯fl̩t] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #5,783 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „verzweifelt“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around verzweifelt (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈt͡svaɪ̯fl̩t]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,783 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for verzweifelt, with forms such as "evrzweifelt", "verrzweifelt", and "verwzeifelt". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "verzweifelte", "verzweifelten", "verzweifelter", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is verzweifelt, spelled V-E-R-Z-W-E-I-F-E-L-T.
Definition
- 1keine Hoffnung (mehr) besitzend; äußerst pessimistisch
- 2sehr, intensiv
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verzweifelt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mein Leben ist am Ende, ich fühle mich so verzweifelt.
Hurrikan "Katrina": Viele Menschen warten auf ihren Hausdächern verzweifelt auf Rettung, während rings um sie herum die Wassermassen steigen.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrzweifelt
- verrzweifelt
- verwzeifelt
- verzewifelt
- verzwefielt
- verzweieflt
- verzweifellt
- verzweifeltt
- verzweifetl
- verzweiffelt
- verzweiflet
- verzwiefelt
- verzwweifelt
- verzzweifelt
- vezrweifelt
- vrezweifelt
- vverzweifelt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verzweifelt - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "verzweifelt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).