Verbrennung
Letters
11 characters
Frequency Rank
#16,577
in German word usage
Misspellings
16
tracked variants
Confusables
5
similar word pairs
Verbrennung is aGermannoun. It means: Vernichtung von Gegenständen durch Feuer Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛnʊŋ]. Often confused with Verbrennungen and verbrennen.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Verbrennung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛnʊŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #16,577 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Verbrennung is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁɛnʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,577 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for Verbrennung, with forms such as "evrbrennung", "vebrrennung", and "verbbrennung". 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, "Verbrennungen", "verbrennen", "Verbannung", 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 Verbrennung, spelled V-E-R-B-R-E-N-N-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Vernichtung von Gegenständen durch Feuer
- 2Verletzung der Haut durch Feuer, heiße Materialien oder Gifte
- 3Reaktion mit Sauerstoff
- 4Einäscherung, eine Bestattungsform, bei der die Leiche des Verstorbenen verbrannt und/oder eingeäschert wird
- 5eine in der Zeit der Inquisitionen häufig angewandte Methode zur Ermordung angeblicher Hexen und Zauberer auf dem Scheiterhaufen
- 6Umsetzung von Treibstoff in Energie in einem Motor
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrbrennung,vebrrennung,verbbrennung,verbernnung,verbrennnug,verbrennugn,verbrennungg,verbrennunng,verbrenung,verbrenunng,verbrnenung,verbrrennung,verrbennung,verrbrennung,vrebrennung,vverbrennung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Verbrennung
Misspelling Variants of "Verbrennung"
Frequency rank: #16,577 in German
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "Verbrennung"?
What does "Verbrennung" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "Verbrennung"?
How do you pronounce "Verbrennung"?
What language does "Verbrennung" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Nearby German words
Other entries that begin with the letter V in our German index: