verabschieden
[fɛɐ̯ˈʔapˌʃiːdn̩]
The verdict
“verabschieden” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #7,411 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #7,411
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - durch spezielle Handlungen gegenüber einer Person dieser deutlich machen, dass man sich von ihr entfernen wird
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 | verabschieden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʔapˌʃiːdn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #7,411 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verabschieden” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for verabschieden is 13 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈʔapˌʃiːdn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,411 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for verabschieden, with forms such as "evrabschieden", "vearbschieden", and "verabbschieden". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "verschieden", "verabschiedet", "verabschiedete", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is verabschieden, spelled V-E-R-A-B-S-C-H-I-E-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch spezielle Handlungen gegenüber einer Person dieser deutlich machen, dass man sich von ihr entfernen wird
- 2durch spezielle Handlungen gegenüber einer abreisenden Person dieser Grüße und Wünsche mit auf den Weg geben
- 3jemandes Arbeits- oder Dienstverhältnis (feierlich) beenden
- 4ein Gesetz oder Ähnliches beschließen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrabschieden,vearbschieden,verabbschieden,verabcshieden,verabscchieden,verabscheiden,verabschhieden,verabschideen,verabschiedden,verabschiedenn,verabschiedne,verabschieedn,verabsciheden,verabshcieden,verabsschieden,verasbchieden,verbaschieden,verrabschieden,vreabschieden,vverabschieden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verabschieden - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “verabschieden”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-A-B-S-C-H-I-E-D-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈʔapˌʃiːdn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “verschieden” - see the side-by-side comparison. verabschieden vs verschieden
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.