verbrieft

[fɛɐ̯ˈbʁiːft]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈbʁiːft]/ adj

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The verdict

“verbrieft” is uncommon German (frequency #99,260 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,260
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schriftlich festgehalten und garantiert

Corpus desk

Index DE-verbrieft · verbrieft · German

verbrieft · rank #99,260 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,260
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Verbrecherjagd

Nearest frequency peer: Verbrecherjagd (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „verbrieft“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verbrieft“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verbrieft
PropertyValue
Headwordverbrieft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈbʁiːft]
Letters9
Frequency rank#99,260
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verbrieft“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).verbrieftfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Verbrecherjagd“ (#99,259), „Verdiener“ (#99,261), „Verblüffung“ (#99,258). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verbrieft“ bei #99,260. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verbrieft is uncommon German at frequency #99,260 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁiːft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schriftlich festgehalten und garantiert".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for verbrieft, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is verbrieft, spelled V-E-R-B-R-I-E-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    schriftlich festgehalten und garantiert

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Die Versammlungsfreiheit ist ein verbrieftes Recht im deutschen Grundgesetz.

Synonyms

beglaubigtbesiegeltbeurkundetdokumentiertrechtswirksamverbindlichverbürgtzugesichert

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 "verbrieft"?
"verbrieft" is spelled V-E-R-B-R-I-E-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁiːft].
What does "verbrieft" mean?
As an adjective, "verbrieft" means: schriftlich festgehalten und garantiert
How do you pronounce "verbrieft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verbrieft" is [fɛɐ̯ˈbʁiːft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verbrieft" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Verdiener#99,261Usurpator#99,248verwegene#99,287Unterdorf#99,232

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list