Verbrecher
[fɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛçɐ]
The verdict
“Verbrecher” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #6,479 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,479
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemand, der [ein] Verbrechen begeht oder begangen hat
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 | Verbrecher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛçɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #6,479 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Verbrecher” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Verbrecher is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛçɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,479 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "jemand, der [ein] Verbrechen begeht oder begangen hat".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Verbrecher, with forms such as "evrbrecher", "vebrrecher", and "verbbrecher". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "verbrochen", "Verbrechern", "verbrechen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Verbrecher, spelled V-E-R-B-R-E-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der [ein] Verbrechen begeht oder begangen hat
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrbrecher,vebrrecher,verbbrecher,verbercher,verbrceher,verbreccher,verbrecehr,verbrecherr,verbrechher,verbrechre,verbrehcer,verbrrecher,verrbecher,verrbrecher,vrebrecher,vverbrecher
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Verbrecher - 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 “Verbrecher”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-B-R-E-C-H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛçɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “verbrochen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Verbrecher vs verbrochen
- 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.