Verführung

[fɛɐ̯ˈfyːʁʊŋ]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈfyːʁʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Verführung” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,664. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,664
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Handlungsweise oder Zustand, die/der jemanden dazu bringen will, etwas zu tun, was diese Person eigentlich nicht will

Corpus desk

Index DE-verfuhrung · Verführung · German

Verführung · rank #26,664 · 16 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,664
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verehren

Nearest frequency peer: verehren (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Verführung“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Verführung“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Verführung vs Vorführung
90% similar
Verführung vs Vermehrung
80% similar
Verführung vs Verjährung
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Verführung
PropertyValue
HeadwordVerführung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈfyːʁʊŋ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#26,664
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Verführung“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Verführungliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „verehren“ (#26,663), „vergangenes“ (#26,665), „Verdecken“ (#26,662). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Verführung“ bei #26,664. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around Verführung (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈfyːʁʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,664 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Handlungsweise oder Zustand, die/der jemanden dazu bringen will, etwas zu tun, was diese Person eigentlich nicht will".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Verführung, with forms such as "evrführung", "vefrührung", and "verfführung". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Vorführung", "Vermehrung", "Verjährung", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Verführung, spelled V-E-R-F-Ü-H-R-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Handlungsweise oder Zustand, die/der jemanden dazu bringen will, etwas zu tun, was diese Person eigentlich nicht will

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Das Essen sieht sehr gut aus, einer solchen Verführung kann ich natürlich nicht widerstehen.
  2. „Nein, hier geht es nicht um Verführung.“

This word in other languages

allurement(English)incitación(Español)séduction(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evrführung
  • vefrührung
  • verfführung
  • verfhürung
  • verfühhrung
  • verführnug
  • verführrung
  • verführugn
  • verführungg
  • verführunng
  • verfühurng
  • verfürhung
  • verrführung
  • verüfhrung
  • vreführung
  • vverführung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Verführung - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

evrführung2vefrührung2verfführung1verfhürung2verfühhrung1verführnug2verführrung1verführugn2
Edit distance from "Verführung"

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 "Verführung"?
"Verführung" is spelled V-E-R-F-Ü-H-R-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈfyːʁʊŋ].
What does "Verführung" mean?
As a noun, "Verführung" means: Handlungsweise oder Zustand, die/der jemanden dazu bringen will, etwas zu tun, was diese Person eigentlich nicht will
What words are commonly confused with "Verführung"?
"Verführung" is commonly confused with "Vorführung", "Vermehrung", "Verjährung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Verführung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Verführung" is [fɛɐ̯ˈfyːʁʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Verführung" come from?
"Verführung" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Tuttlingen#26,655verzaubert#26,675Triebwerke#26,651Vorbildern#26,678

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

vordringen16 variantsVorgängers16 variantsTagesablauf16 variantsWiesbadener16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list