Verb
[vɛʁp]
The verdict
“Verb” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #11,988 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,988
- frequency rank, German
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wort, mit dem eine Handlung (beispielsweise spielen, lachen, werfen), ein Zustand (glänzen, sich auflösen) oder ein Geschehen (regnen, schneien) ausgedrückt 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 | Verb |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [vɛʁp] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #11,988 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Verb” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Verb is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [vɛʁp]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,988 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Wort, mit dem eine Handlung (beispielsweise spielen, lachen, werfen), ein Zustand (glänzen, sich auflösen) oder ein Geschehen (regnen, schneien) ausgedrückt wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Verb, with forms such as "evrb", "vebr", and "verbb". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "VR", "vor", "VfB", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Verb, spelled V-E-R-B.
Definition
- 1Wort, mit dem eine Handlung (beispielsweise spielen, lachen, werfen), ein Zustand (glänzen, sich auflösen) oder ein Geschehen (regnen, schneien) ausgedrückt wird
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrb,vebr,verbb,verrb,vreb,vverb
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Verb - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Verb”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [vɛʁp] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “VR” - see the side-by-side comparison. Verb vs VR
- 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.