chauffieren
[ʃɔˈfiːʁən]
The verdict
“chauffieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Auto fahren, lenken, steuern, führen (meist, um jemanden zu transportieren)
Corpus desk
Index DE-chauffieren · chauffieren · German
chauffieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | chauffieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʃɔˈfiːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “chauffieren” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
chauffieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ʃɔˈfiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Auto fahren, lenken, steuern, führen (meist, um jemanden zu transportieren)".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chauffieren, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is chauffieren, spelled C-H-A-U-F-F-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein Auto fahren, lenken, steuern, führen (meist, um jemanden zu transportieren)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chauffieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der neue Fahrer chauffierte das Auto mit aufgeregten Händen am Lenkrad.
„Der Schweizer Erziehungsforscher hat Schulwegzeichnungen verglichen und festgestellt, dass chauffierte Schüler von der Strecke verhältnismäßig wenig wahrnehmen.“
This word in other languages
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.
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