verkommen
\fɛɐ̯ˈkɔmən\
The verdict
“verkommen” 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) - En mauvais état, en déshérence, en abandon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-verkommen · verkommen · French
verkommen · 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 | verkommen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈkɔmən\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
verkommen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈkɔmən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En mauvais état, en déshérence, en abandon.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verkommen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is verkommen, spelled V-E-R-K-O-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1En mauvais état, en déshérence, en abandon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how verkommen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Norbert ist nicht nur ein ausgemachter Choleriker, sondern auch der gutmütigste Mensch, den ich kenne. Er kann sich einfach über alles ereifern: über die Politik, die immer dümmer wird, über die Branche, die immer verkommener wird, über seine Autoren, die immer gieriger werden.
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.