verify
[ˈverɪfaɪ]
The verdict
“verify” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abgleichen, beglaubigen, bekräftigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verify · verify · German
verify · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verify |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈverɪfaɪ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „verify“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
verify is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈverɪfaɪ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "abgleichen, beglaubigen, bekräftigen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verify, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is verify, spelled V-E-R-I-F-Y.
Definition
- 1abgleichen, beglaubigen, bekräftigen
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.