verdorben
\fɛɐ̯ˈdɔʁbn̩\
The verdict
“verdorben” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avarié ou avariée, moisi ou moisie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-verdorben · verdorben · French
verdorben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verdorben |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈdɔʁbn̩\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
verdorben is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈdɔʁbn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for verdorben in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is verdorben, spelled V-E-R-D-O-R-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1Avarié ou avariée, moisi ou moisie.
- 2Perverti ou pervertie, vicieux ou vicieuse, dépravé ou dépravée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how verdorben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die häufigsten Gründe für die Entsorgung der Lebensmittel sind Haltbarkeitsprobleme, also verdorbene, schlecht gewordene oder optisch unappetitliche und nicht mehr schmackhafte Lebensmittel.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.