verführen
Letters
9 characters
Frequency Rank
#16,860
in German word usage
Misspellings
14
tracked variants
Confusables
15
similar word pairs
verführen is aGermanverb. It means: an einen anderen Ort führen Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈfyːʁən]. Often confused with verführt and Vorfahren.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verführen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈfyːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #16,860 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for verführen is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈfyːʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,860 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for verführen, with forms such as "evrführen", "vefrühren", and "verfführen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "verführt", "Vorfahren", "vermehren", and more, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is verführen, spelled V-E-R-F-Ü-H-R-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1an einen anderen Ort führen
- 2an einen falschen Ort führen, auf einen falschen Weg führen, in eine falsche Richtung führen
- 3jemanden derart gezielt beeinflussen, dass dieser etwas (Unerlaubtes, Unkluges, Unrechtes, Unvernünftiges oder dergleichen) gegen seine ursprüngliche Absicht tut; jemanden zu etwas verleiten, verlocken
- 4zu [3]; auffordern, an etwas gratis teilzunehmen; bitten, sich an etwas gratis zu beteiligen
- 5jemanden zum Geschlechtsverkehr verleiten
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrführen,vefrühren,verfführen,verfhüren,verfühern,verfühhren,verführenn,verführne,verführren,verfürhen,verrführen,verüfhren,vreführen,vverführen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for verführen
Misspelling Variants of "verführen"
Frequency rank: #16,860 in German
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Nearby German words
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