verhalfen
[fɛɐ̯ˈhalfn̩]
The verdict
“verhalfen” is uncommon German (frequency #69,835 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,835
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs verhelfen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verhalfen · verhalfen · German
verhalfen · rank #69,835 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,835
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vergewaltigten
Nearest frequency peer: vergewaltigten (-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 „verhalfen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- verendet
verendet
30,169 corpus weight
- vergesellsc…
vergesellschaftet
30,168 corpus weight
- vergewaltig…
vergewaltigten
30,167 corpus weight
- verhalfen
verhalfen
30,166 corpus weight
- Verhandlung…
Verhandlungstisch
30,165 corpus weight
- verheiratet…
verheirateter
30,164 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verhalfen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verhalfen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈhalfn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,835 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verhalfen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verhalfen is uncommon German at frequency #69,835 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈhalfn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for verhalfen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is verhalfen, spelled V-E-R-H-A-L-F-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs verhelfen
- 23. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs verhelfen
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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