verblüfft

[fɛɐ̯ˈblʏft]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈblʏft]/ adj

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The verdict

“verblüfft” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,170. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,170
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch etwas Unerwartetes in Erstaunen versetzt

Corpus desk

Index DE-verblufft · verblüfft · German

verblüfft · rank #24,170 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #24,170
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Veranda

Nearest frequency peer: Veranda (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „verblüfft“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „verblüfft“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

verblüfft vs verpufft
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for verblüfft
PropertyValue
Headwordverblüfft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈblʏft]
Letters9
Frequency rank#24,170
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „verblüfft“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.verblüfftliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Veranda“ (#24,169), „verdammter“ (#24,171), „verfügten“ (#24,172). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verblüfft“ bei #24,170. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around verblüfft (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈblʏft]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,170 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "durch etwas Unerwartetes in Erstaunen versetzt".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for verblüfft, with forms such as "evrblüfft", "vebrlüfft", and "verbblüfft". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "verpufft", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 verblüfft, spelled V-E-R-B-L-Ü-F-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    durch etwas Unerwartetes in Erstaunen versetzt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how verblüfft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Ein verblüffter Golfspieler hat in einem Vorort von Melbourne mit seinem Handy zahlreiche Kängurus gefilmt, die plötzlich über den Golfplatz gehüpft sind.“
  2. [Schneidemühl, Sommer 1914:] „So wird das Kriegsgeschehen selbst zum Bestandteil des Unterrichts, in den Klassenzimmern hängen bald Landkarten, auf denen den verblüfften Kindern der aktuelle Frontverlauf geschildert wird.“

Synonyms

erstauntüberraschtverdutztverwundert

This word in other languages

astonished(English)desconcertado(Español)stupéfait(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evrblüfft
  • vebrlüfft
  • verbblüfft
  • verblfüft
  • verbllüfft
  • verblüfftt
  • verblüft
  • verblüftf
  • verbülfft
  • verlbüfft
  • verrblüfft
  • vreblüfft
  • vverblüfft

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verblüfft - 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.

evrblüfft2vebrlüfft2verbblüfft1verblfüft2verbllüfft1verblüfftt1verblüft1verblüftf2
Edit distance from "verblüfft"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verblüfft"?
"verblüfft" is spelled V-E-R-B-L-Ü-F-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈblʏft].
What does "verblüfft" mean?
As an adjective, "verblüfft" means: durch etwas Unerwartetes in Erstaunen versetzt
What words are commonly confused with "verblüfft"?
"verblüfft" is commonly confused with "verpufft". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verblüfft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verblüfft" is [fɛɐ̯ˈblʏft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verblüfft" come from?
"verblüfft" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "verblüfft", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

verfügten#24,172verpacken#24,180vorführen#24,189Zahnpasta#24,207

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

unlängst13 variantsstolpern13 variantssolutions13 variantssiegreich13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list