verflechten
[fɛɐ̯ˈflɛçtn̩]
The verdict
“verflechten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas durch Flechten eng miteinander verbinden
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verflechten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈflɛçtn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verflechten” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
verflechten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈflɛçtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for verflechten in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is verflechten, spelled V-E-R-F-L-E-C-H-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas durch Flechten eng miteinander verbinden
- 2sich eng verbinden
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “verflechten”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-F-L-E-C-H-T-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈflɛçtn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.