Verkehr

/[fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,527

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

Verkehr is aGermannoun. It means: Bewegung von Fahrzeugen, Menschen, Gütern, Nachrichten auf dafür vorgesehenen Strecken, Wegen Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯]. It ranks #1,527 in German word frequency. Often confused with Verzehr and verweht.

Key facts for Verkehr
PropertyValue
HeadwordVerkehr
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,527
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Verkehr in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Verkehr is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,527 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Verkehr, with forms such as "evrkehr", "vekrehr", and "verekhr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Verzehr", "verweht", "vermehrt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Verkehr, spelled V-E-R-K-E-H-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bewegung von Fahrzeugen, Menschen, Gütern, Nachrichten auf dafür vorgesehenen Strecken, Wegen
  2. 2
    gesellschaftlicher Umgang, soziale Kontakte, sozialer oder verbaler Austausch
  3. 3
    kurz für Geschlechtsverkehr
  4. 4
    Austausch von Waren, Dienstleistungen, Zahlungsmitteln, Wertpapieren und so weiter

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrkehr,vekrehr,verekhr,verkehhr,verkehrr,verkerh,verkher,verkkehr,verrkehr,vrekehr,vverkehr

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Verkehr

Misspelling Variants of "Verkehr"

evrkehr7vekrehr7verekhr7verkehhr8verkehrr8verkerh7verkher7verkkehr8
Misspelling Variants of "Verkehr"

Frequency rank: #1,527 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Verkehr"?
"Verkehr" is spelled V-E-R-K-E-H-R. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯].
What does "Verkehr" mean?
As a noun, "Verkehr" means: Bewegung von Fahrzeugen, Menschen, Gütern, Nachrichten auf dafür vorgesehenen Strecken, Wegen
What words are commonly confused with "Verkehr"?
"Verkehr" is commonly confused with "Verzehr", "verweht", "vermehrt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Verkehr"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Verkehr" is [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Verkehr" come from?
"Verkehr" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.