verbrauchen

/[fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaʊ̯xn̩]/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,576

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

verbrauchen is aGermanverb. It means: für die Bedürfnisbefriedigung verwenden Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaʊ̯xn̩]. Often confused with verbuchen and verbrechen.

Key facts for verbrauchen
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Headwordverbrauchen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaʊ̯xn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#16,576
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for verbrauchen is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaʊ̯xn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,576 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for verbrauchen, with forms such as "evrbrauchen", "vebrrauchen", and "verbaruchen". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "verbuchen", "verbrechen", "verbraucht", 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 verbrauchen, spelled V-E-R-B-R-A-U-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    für die Bedürfnisbefriedigung verwenden
  2. 2
    durch ständigen Gebrauch wertlos machen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrbrauchen,vebrrauchen,verbaruchen,verbbrauchen,verbracuhen,verbraucchen,verbraucehn,verbrauchenn,verbrauchhen,verbrauchne,verbrauhcen,verbrrauchen,verbruachen,verrbauchen,verrbrauchen,vrebrauchen,vverbrauchen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for verbrauchen

Misspelling Variants of "verbrauchen"

evrbrauchen11vebrrauchen11verbaruchen11verbbrauchen12verbracuhen11verbraucchen12verbraucehn11verbrauchenn12
Misspelling Variants of "verbrauchen"

Frequency rank: #16,576 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verbrauchen"?
"verbrauchen" is spelled V-E-R-B-R-A-U-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaʊ̯xn̩].
What does "verbrauchen" mean?
As a verb, "verbrauchen" means: für die Bedürfnisbefriedigung verwenden
What words are commonly confused with "verbrauchen"?
"verbrauchen" is commonly confused with "verbuchen", "verbrechen", "verbraucht". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verbrauchen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verbrauchen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁaʊ̯xn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verbrauchen" come from?
"verbrauchen" 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.