verschlimmern
\fɛɐ̯.ˈʃlɪ.mɐn\
The verdict
“verschlimmern” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aggraver, empirer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-verschlimmern · verschlimmern · French
verschlimmern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | verschlimmern |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯.ˈʃlɪ.mɐn\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
verschlimmern is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛɐ̯.ˈʃlɪ.mɐn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aggraver, empirer.".
Zero misspellings are on record for verschlimmern in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is verschlimmern, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-L-I-M-M-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Aggraver, empirer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how verschlimmern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kaffee regt die Säureproduktion im Magen an und kann bei empfindlichen Menschen Sodbrennen oder Reflux verschlimmern.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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.