VEB
[faʊ̯ʔeːˈbeː]
The verdict
“VEB” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #24,167) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #24,167
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abkürzung für Volkseigener Betrieb, eine Rechtsform der Industrie- und Dienstleistungsbetriebe in der DDR
Corpus desk
Index DE-veb · VEB · German
VEB · rank #24,167 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,167
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH USt
Nearest frequency peer: USt (-1 rank slots)
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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „VEB“
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What this shows Balken platzieren „VEB“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | VEB |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [faʊ̯ʔeːˈbeː] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #24,167 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „VEB“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for VEB is neighbouring look-alikes ("VW", "vi", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced [faʊ̯ʔeːˈbeː]. Frequency #24,167 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Gloss: "Abkürzung für Volkseigener Betrieb, eine Rechtsform der Industrie- und Dienstleistungsbetriebe in der DDR".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for VEB, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "VW", "vi", "VR", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is VEB, spelled V-E-B.
Definition
- 1Abkürzung für Volkseigener Betrieb, eine Rechtsform der Industrie- und Dienstleistungsbetriebe in der DDR
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how VEB appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mit der Deutschen Wiedervereinigung und der Einführung der Marktwirtschaft ab 1990 wurden die rund 8000 Kombinate und VEB durch die Treuhandanstalt wieder privatisiert.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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