Verifikation

[veʁifikaˈt͡si̯oːn]

/[veʁifikaˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Verifikation” is uncommon German (frequency #60,206 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,206
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nachweis der Richtigkeit einer Vermutung, Behauptung oder eines Umstandes

Corpus desk

Index DE-verifikation · Verifikation · German

Verifikation · rank #60,206 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,206
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verheizt

Nearest frequency peer: verheizt (-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 „Verifikation“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Verifikation
PropertyValue
HeadwordVerifikation
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[veʁifikaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters12
Frequency rank#60,206
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Verifikation“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Verifikationfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verheizt“ (#60,205), „Verlautbarungen“ (#60,207), „vergreifen“ (#60,204). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Verifikation“ bei #60,206. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Verifikation is uncommon German at frequency #60,206 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [veʁifikaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Verifikation, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Verifikation, spelled V-E-R-I-F-I-K-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nachweis der Richtigkeit einer Vermutung, Behauptung oder eines Umstandes
  2. 2
    mathematischer Beweis, dass ein Programm (also eine konkrete Implementation) der vorgegebenen Spezifikation entspricht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Er ließ sich von dem Prinzip leiten, daß Begriffe und Aussagen, die keine empirische Verifikation zuließen, aus der theoretischen Physik »ausgemerzt« werden sollten.“
  2. Um die Zuverlässigkeit und Korrektheit von Programmen zu garantieren, wird eine formale Verifikation benötigt.

Synonyms

NachweisVerifizierung

Antonyms

Falsifikation

This word in other languages

verification(English)

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 "Verifikation"?
"Verifikation" is spelled V-E-R-I-F-I-K-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [veʁifikaˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "Verifikation" mean?
As a noun, "Verifikation" means: Nachweis der Richtigkeit einer Vermutung, Behauptung oder eines Umstandes
How do you pronounce "Verifikation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Verifikation" is [veʁifikaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Verifikation" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Verrücktheit#60,211verschobenen#60,215unschuldiges#60,187Waffenbesitz#60,234

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list