Briefverkehr
[ˈbʁiːffɛɐ̯ˌkeːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Briefverkehr” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Austausch von Briefen
Corpus desk
Index DE-briefverkehr · Briefverkehr · German
Briefverkehr · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | Briefverkehr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbʁiːffɛɐ̯ˌkeːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Briefverkehr“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Briefverkehr is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbʁiːffɛɐ̯ˌkeːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Austausch von Briefen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Briefverkehr, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Briefverkehr, spelled B-R-I-E-F-V-E-R-K-E-H-R.
Definition
- 1Austausch von Briefen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Briefverkehr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dies barg das Risiko, dass die im Brief niedergeschriebenen Informationen nicht sicher waren, denn, wie die oben schon genannten schwarzen Kabinette belegen, gab es immer ein staatliches Interesse daran, Informationen aus dem privaten Briefverkehr von Seiten des Staates abzuschöpfen.“
„Eigentümlich war Buschs intensiver Briefverkehr mit der Holländerin Maria Anderson.“
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.