verschlechtern
\fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɛçtɐn\
The verdict
“verschlechtern” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - transitif Empirer, détériorer, dégrader.
Corpus desk
Index FR-verschlechtern · verschlechtern · French
verschlechtern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | verschlechtern |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɛçtɐn\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
verschlechtern is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈʃlɛçtɐn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verschlechtern, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is verschlechtern, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-L-E-C-H-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1transitif Empirer, détériorer, dégrader.
- 2Empirer, se détériorer, se dégrader.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verschlechtern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seit Beginn des Angriffkriegs am 24. Februar 2022 haben sich die Beziehungen zwischen Russland und den drei baltischen Staaten Estland, Lettland und Litauen stetig verschlechtert.
Die Lage könne sich durch eine Kündigung nicht verschlechtern, da der Vertrag seit Jahren "faktisch nicht funktioniert", sagte Russlands stellvertretender Außenminister Sergej Rjabkow (...) Dieser stehe aufgrund der veränderten Lage im Widerspruch zu den russischen Sicherheitsinteressen, so Rjabkow.
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.