Verführer
[fɛɐ̯ˈfyːʁɐ]
The verdict
“Verführer” is uncommon German (frequency #58,401 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,401
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der jemand anderen zu etwas bringt, das dieser nicht ohnehin beabsichtigt hatte
Corpus desk
Index DE-verfuhrer · Verführer · German
Verführer · rank #58,401 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,401
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Verfolgter
Nearest frequency peer: Verfolgter (-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 „Verführer“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- vanity
vanity
41,604 corpus weight
- verabredeten
verabredeten
41,602 corpus weight
- Verfolgter
Verfolgter
41,601 corpus weight
- Verführer
Verführer
41,600 corpus weight
- Vergehens
Vergehens
41,599 corpus weight
- vergleichst
vergleichst
41,597 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Verführer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Verführer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈfyːʁɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,401 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Verführer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Verführer is uncommon German at frequency #58,401 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈfyːʁɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der jemand anderen zu etwas bringt, das dieser nicht ohnehin beabsichtigt hatte".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Verführer, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Verführer, spelled V-E-R-F-Ü-H-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der jemand anderen zu etwas bringt, das dieser nicht ohnehin beabsichtigt hatte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Verführer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der wahre Verführer beginnt das Vorspiel am Herd.“
„Im Lehrtheater lernt das Kind, wie eine Ampel funktioniert, wie man sicher eine Straße überquert, welche Verkehrszeichen, Einrichtungen oder Menschen helfen, wo Verführer und Gefahren lauern und wie man sich gegen sie wehren kann.“
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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