verschonen
\fɛɐ̯ˈʃoːnən\
The verdict
“verschonen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Épargner, faire grâce (à).
Corpus desk
Index FR-verschonen · verschonen · French
verschonen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | verschonen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈʃoːnən\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
verschonen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈʃoːnən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Épargner, faire grâce (à).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verschonen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. 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.
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 French form is verschonen, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-O-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1Épargner, faire grâce (à).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how verschonen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jedes Mal, wenn Detlefs Vater betrunken nach Hause kam, verprügelte er seine Frau und seine Söhne, nur seine kleine Tochter verschonte er.
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.