Verführer

[fɛɐ̯ˈfyːʁɐ]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈfyːʁɐ]/ noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Verführer
PropertyValue
HeadwordVerführer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈfyːʁɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#58,401
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Verführer“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Verführerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Verfolgter“ (#58,400), „Vergehens“ (#58,402), „verabredeten“ (#58,399). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Verführer“ bei #58,401. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    jemand, der jemand anderen zu etwas bringt, das dieser nicht ohnehin beabsichtigt hatte

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Der wahre Verführer beginnt das Vorspiel am Herd.“
  2. „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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Verführer"?
"Verführer" is spelled V-E-R-F-Ü-H-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈfyːʁɐ].
What does "Verführer" mean?
As a noun, "Verführer" means: jemand, der jemand anderen zu etwas bringt, das dieser nicht ohnehin beabsichtigt hatte
How do you pronounce "Verführer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Verführer" is [fɛɐ̯ˈfyːʁɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list