Verkehrstechnik
[fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯sˌtɛçnɪk]
The verdict
“Verkehrstechnik” is uncommon German (frequency #96,442 among 49,639 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,442
- frequency rank, German
- 49,639
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Technik zur Steuerung und Sicherung des (öffentlichen) Verkehrs
Corpus desk
Index DE-verkehrstechnik · Verkehrstechnik · German
Verkehrstechnik · rank #96,442 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,442
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,639
- PHOTO-FINISH Verkehrsunfal…
Nearest frequency peer: Verkehrsunfallflucht (+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 “Verkehrstechnik”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Verkaufsges…
Verkaufsgespräch
3,562 corpus weight
- Verkehrstec…
Verkehrstechnik
3,559 corpus weight
- Verkehrsunf…
Verkehrsunfallflucht
3,558 corpus weight
- verlege
verlege
3,557 corpus weight
- verlockenden
verlockenden
3,556 corpus weight
- verlässlich…
verlässliches
3,555 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Verkehrstechnik” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Verkehrstechnik |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯sˌtɛçnɪk] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #96,442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Verkehrstechnik” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Verkehrstechnik is uncommon German at frequency #96,442 among 49,639 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯sˌtɛçnɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Technik zur Steuerung und Sicherung des (öffentlichen) Verkehrs".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Verkehrstechnik, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Verkehrstechnik, spelled V-E-R-K-E-H-R-S-T-E-C-H-N-I-K.
Definition
- 1Technik zur Steuerung und Sicherung des (öffentlichen) Verkehrs
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Verkehrstechnik", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.