Verfasser
[ˌfɛɐ̯ˈfasɐ]
The verdict
“Verfasser” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #9,285 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,285
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Person, die einen Text verfasst (geschrieben) 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 | Verfasser |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈfasɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,285 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Verfasser” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Verfasser is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈfasɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,285 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Person, die einen Text verfasst (geschrieben) hat".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Verfasser, with forms such as "evrfasser", "vefrasser", and "verafsser". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "verfasst", "verlasse", "verpasse", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Verfasser, spelled V-E-R-F-A-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die einen Text verfasst (geschrieben) hat
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrfasser,vefrasser,verafsser,verfaser,verfasesr,verfasserr,verfassre,verfaßer,verffasser,verfsaser,verrfasser,vrefasser,vverfasser
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Verfasser - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Verfasser”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-F-A-S-S-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌfɛɐ̯ˈfasɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “verfasst” - see the side-by-side comparison. Verfasser vs verfasst
- 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.