verbauen
[fɛɐ̯ˈbaʊ̯ən]
The verdict
“verbauen” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #37,856 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #37,856
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Material/Geld für einen Bau verbrauchen
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 | verbauen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈbaʊ̯ən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #37,856 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verbauen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for verbauen is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈbaʊ̯ən]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,856 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for verbauen, with forms such as "evrbauen", "vebrauen", and "verabuen". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Verben", "verbaut", "verboten", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is verbauen, spelled V-E-R-B-A-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1Material/Geld für einen Bau verbrauchen
- 2den Zugang zu etwas (durch bewegliche Gegenstände) (vorübergehend) blockieren
- 3(eine Landschaft) mit Gebäuden bebauen, wobei das Ergebnis als negativ/unästhetisch/störend empfunden wird
- 4schlecht und/oder falsch erstellen/erbauen
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrbauen,vebrauen,verabuen,verbaeun,verbauenn,verbaune,verbbauen,verbuaen,verrbauen,vrebauen,vverbauen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verbauen - 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 “verbauen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-B-A-U-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈbaʊ̯ən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Verben” - see the side-by-side comparison. verbauen vs Verben
- 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.