Verfassungsschutz

Name: Verfassungsschutz, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[fɛɐ̯ˈfasʊŋsˌʃʊt͡s]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈfasʊŋsˌʃʊt͡s]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Verfassungsschutz” has 26 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,371. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,371
frequency rank, German: 49,639
“V” headwords: 26
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gesamtheit aller Maßnahmen zum Schutz der durch die Verfassung festgelegten Ordnung

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Verfassungsschutz vs Verfassungsschutzes

89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Verfassungsschutz
Property	Value
Headword	Verfassungsschutz
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[fɛɐ̯ˈfasʊŋsˌʃʊt͡s]
Letters	17
Frequency rank	#6,371
Misspellings tracked	26
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Verfassungsschutz” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Verfassungsschutz lands here:

#6,371

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 26 spelling variants around Verfassungsschutz (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈfasʊŋsˌʃʊt͡s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,371 among 49,639 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 26 likely wrong-spelling variants for Verfassungsschutz, with forms such as "evrfassungsschutz", "vefrassungsschutz", and "verafssungsschutz". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Verfassungsschutzes", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Verfassungsschutz, spelled V-E-R-F-A-S-S-U-N-G-S-S-C-H-U-T-Z.

Definition

1
Gesamtheit aller Maßnahmen zum Schutz der durch die Verfassung festgelegten Ordnung
2
Landes- beziehungsweise Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, einer Behörde, die sich um den Schutz der Verfassung [1] bemüht

Synonyms

Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

evrfassungsschutz
vefrassungsschutz
verafssungsschutz
verfassnugsschutz
verfassugnsschutz
verfassunggsschutz
verfassungschutz
verfassungscshutz
verfassungsscchutz
verfassungsschhutz
verfassungsschtuz
verfassungsschuttz
verfassungsschutzz
verfassungsschuzt
verfassungsscuhtz
verfassungsshcutz
verfassunngsschutz
verfassunsgschutz
verfasungsschutz
verfasusngsschutz
verfaßungßchutz
verffassungsschutz
verfsasungsschutz
verrfassungsschutz
vrefassungsschutz
vverfassungsschutz

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Verfassungsschutz - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "Verfassungsschutz"

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 "Verfassungsschutz"?

"Verfassungsschutz" is spelled V-E-R-F-A-S-S-U-N-G-S-S-C-H-U-T-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈfasʊŋsˌʃʊt͡s].

What does "Verfassungsschutz" mean?

As a noun, "Verfassungsschutz" means: Gesamtheit aller Maßnahmen zum Schutz der durch die Verfassung festgelegten Ordnung

What words are commonly confused with "Verfassungsschutz"?

"Verfassungsschutz" is commonly confused with "Verfassungsschutzes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Verfassungsschutz"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Verfassungsschutz" is [fɛɐ̯ˈfasʊŋsˌʃʊt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Verfassungsschutz" come from?

"Verfassungsschutz" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Using “Verfassungsschutz”

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-U-N-G-S-S-C-H-U-T-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈfasʊŋsˌʃʊt͡s] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “Verfassungsschutzes” - see the side-by-side comparison. Verfassungsschutz vs Verfassungsschutzes
Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Same frequency band

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.