verhindern
[fɛɐ̯ˈhɪndɐn]
The verdict
“verhindern” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,494. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,494
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bewirken, dass etwas nicht geschieht oder dass jemand etwas nicht tun kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-verhindern · verhindern · German
verhindern · rank #1,494 · 16 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,494
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH unterstützen
Nearest frequency peer: unterstützen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “verhindern”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Telefon
Telefon
98,510 corpus weight
- trinken
trinken
98,509 corpus weight
- unterstützen
unterstützen
98,508 corpus weight
- verhindern
verhindern
98,507 corpus weight
- Wetter
Wetter
98,505 corpus weight
- wiederum
wiederum
98,504 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “verhindern” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verhindern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈhɪndɐn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #1,494 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “verhindern” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around verhindern (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈhɪndɐn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,494 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "bewirken, dass etwas nicht geschieht oder dass jemand etwas nicht tun kann".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for verhindern, with forms such as "evrhindern", "vehrindern", and "verhhindern". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "verhindert", "verringern", "verhungern", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 verhindern, spelled V-E-R-H-I-N-D-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1bewirken, dass etwas nicht geschieht oder dass jemand etwas nicht tun kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verhindern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wie kann man Unfälle verhindern?
„Sowohl im Deutschen Reich wie auch in Großbritannien lehnten führende Finanzmagnaten wie Warburg und Rothschild Krieg deshalb strikt ab, ja versuchten ihn mitunter sogar aktiv zu verhindern.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrhindern
- vehrindern
- verhhindern
- verhidnern
- verhinddern
- verhindenr
- verhindernn
- verhinderrn
- verhindren
- verhinedrn
- verhinndern
- verhnidern
- verihndern
- verrhindern
- vrehindern
- vverhindern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verhindern - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "verhindern", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "verhindern" maps to 12 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "verhindert". View pair
- 16 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,494 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "V" letter cohort. V–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.