verfestigen
[fɛɐ̯ˈfɛstɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“verfestigen” is uncommon German (frequency #71,986 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,986
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fester machen, fester werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-verfestigen · verfestigen · German
verfestigen · rank #71,986 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,986
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vereinfachtes
Nearest frequency peer: vereinfachtes (-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 „verfestigen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Verbrechens…
Verbrechensbekämpfung
28,018 corpus weight
- vereinfacht…
vereinfachtes
28,016 corpus weight
- verfestigen
verfestigen
28,015 corpus weight
- vergolden
vergolden
28,014 corpus weight
- Verhüllung
Verhüllung
28,013 corpus weight
- Verkehrserz…
Verkehrserziehung
28,012 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verfestigen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verfestigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈfɛstɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #71,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verfestigen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verfestigen is uncommon German at frequency #71,986 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈfɛstɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fester machen, fester werden".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verfestigen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is verfestigen, spelled V-E-R-F-E-S-T-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1fester machen, fester werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verfestigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In der Folge verfestigte sich zudem die Auffassung, dass das Ptolemäische Mondgebirge nicht mit dem Kilimandscharo identisch sei und dass an diesem Berg auch kein Fluss entspringe, der einen der großen afrikanischen Binnenseen speisen konnte.“
Deutschlands Kindertagesstätten und Schulen bauen die Spaltung der Gesellschaft in Gewinner und Verlierer nicht ab, sondern verfestigen sie.
Antonyms
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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