chafe
[tʃeɪf]
The verdict
“chafe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - warmreiben, frottieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-chafe · chafe · German
chafe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | chafe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [tʃeɪf] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „chafe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
chafe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [tʃeɪf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chafe, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is chafe, spelled C-H-A-F-E.
Definition
- 1warmreiben, frottieren
- 2reiben, durchreiben, wund reiben, scheuern
- 3ärgern, reizen
- 4sich durchreiben, sich reiben, sich wund reiben, sich scheuern
- 5verschleißen
- 6sich ärgern, toben, wüten
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.