Verbrauch

/[fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaʊ̯x]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,681

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

Verbrauch is aGermannoun. It means: die Verwendung eines Gutes in Menge und Stückzahlen; das Verbrauchte Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaʊ̯x]. It ranks #7,681 in German word frequency. Often confused with verbraucht and Verbraucher.

Key facts for Verbrauch
PropertyValue
HeadwordVerbrauch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaʊ̯x]
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,681
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Verbrauch in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Verbrauch is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaʊ̯x]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,681 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for Verbrauch, with forms such as "evrbrauch", "vebrrauch", and "verbaruch". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "verbraucht", "Verbraucher", "verbrauchen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Verbrauch, spelled V-E-R-B-R-A-U-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Verwendung eines Gutes in Menge und Stückzahlen; das Verbrauchte
  2. 2
    das Verbrauchen, Aufbrauchen eines Gutes; das was verbraucht wird

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrbrauch,vebrrauch,verbaruch,verbbrauch,verbracuh,verbraucch,verbrauchh,verbrauhc,verbrrauch,verbruach,verrbauch,verrbrauch,vrebrauch,vverbrauch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Verbrauch

Misspelling Variants of "Verbrauch"

evrbrauch9vebrrauch9verbaruch9verbbrauch10verbracuh9verbraucch10verbrauchh10verbrauhc9
Misspelling Variants of "Verbrauch"

Frequency rank: #7,681 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Verbrauch"?
"Verbrauch" is spelled V-E-R-B-R-A-U-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaʊ̯x].
What does "Verbrauch" mean?
As a noun, "Verbrauch" means: die Verwendung eines Gutes in Menge und Stückzahlen; das Verbrauchte
What words are commonly confused with "Verbrauch"?
"Verbrauch" is commonly confused with "verbraucht", "Verbraucher", "verbrauchen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Verbrauch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Verbrauch" is [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaʊ̯x]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Verbrauch" come from?
"Verbrauch" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.