Verfehlung

[fɛɐ̯ˈfeːlʊŋ]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈfeːlʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Verfehlung” is uncommon German (frequency #60,200 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,200
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Handlung, die gegen die Moral oder Vorschriften verstößt

Corpus desk

Index DE-verfehlung · Verfehlung · German

Verfehlung · rank #60,200 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,200
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verdreifachen

Nearest frequency peer: verdreifachen (-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 „Verfehlung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Verfehlung
PropertyValue
HeadwordVerfehlung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈfeːlʊŋ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#60,200
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Verfehlung“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Verfehlungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verdreifachen“ (#60,199), „verfluchen“ (#60,201), „verdonnert“ (#60,198). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Verfehlung“ bei #60,200. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Verfehlung is uncommon German at frequency #60,200 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈfeːlʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Handlung, die gegen die Moral oder Vorschriften verstößt".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Verfehlung, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Verfehlung, spelled V-E-R-F-E-H-L-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Handlung, die gegen die Moral oder Vorschriften verstößt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Papst Franziskus hat bei einem Bußakt für die Sünden und Verfehlungen von Vertretern der katholischen Kirche um Vergebung gebeten.“
  2. „Über Verfehlungen Jugendlicher entscheiden die Jugendgerichte.“

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 "Verfehlung"?
"Verfehlung" is spelled V-E-R-F-E-H-L-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈfeːlʊŋ].
What does "Verfehlung" mean?
As a noun, "Verfehlung" means: Handlung, die gegen die Moral oder Vorschriften verstößt
How do you pronounce "Verfehlung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Verfehlung" is [fɛɐ̯ˈfeːlʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Verfehlung" come from?
"Verfehlung" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

verfluchen#60,201verdonnert#60,198Verfolgern#60,202vergreifen#60,204

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list