Verkehrsunfall

Name: Verkehrsunfall, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯sʔʊnˌfal]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯sʔʊnˌfal]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Verkehrsunfall” has 21 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,414. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,414
frequency rank, German: 4,163
“V” headwords: 21
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorfall im Verkehrsleben, der einen Sachschaden und/oder Personenschaden zur Folge hat

Corpus desk

Index DE-verkehrsunfall · Verkehrsunfall · German

Verkehrsunfall · rank #7,414 · 21 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-COMMON #7,414
LEN-MEGA 14 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 21 variants
BOOK-MID 4,163
PHOTO-FINISH verbrennen

Nearest frequency peer: verbrennen (-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.

verabschied…

92,590
Verarbeitung

92,589
verbrennen

92,588
Verkehrsunf…

92,587
verleihen

92,586
Verlierer

92,585

What this shows „Verkehrsunfall“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Verkehrsunfall vs Verkehrsunfälle

87% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Verkehrsunfall
Property	Value
Headword	Verkehrsunfall
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯sʔʊnˌfal]
Letters	14
Frequency rank	#7,414
Misspellings tracked	21
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Verkehrsunfall“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Verkehrsunfallliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#7,414

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „verbrennen“ (#7,413), „verleihen“ (#7,415), „Verarbeitung“ (#7,412). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Verkehrsunfall“ bei #7,414. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around Verkehrsunfall (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯sʔʊnˌfal]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,414 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for Verkehrsunfall, with forms such as "evrkehrsunfall", "vekrehrsunfall", and "verekhrsunfall". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Verkehrsunfälle", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Verkehrsunfall, spelled V-E-R-K-E-H-R-S-U-N-F-A-L-L.

Definition

1
Vorfall im Verkehrsleben, der einen Sachschaden und/oder Personenschaden zur Folge hat
2
ungewollte Schwangerschaft, Verhütungspanne

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

„Urspüngliche Aufgabe der Polizei war der Schutz der Gesellschaft vor Verkehrsunfällen und vor Verbrechen.“
„Ich vermute, dass der eigentliche Grund für die paar Verkehrsunfälle die Blitzer sind, die über die gesamte Route 1 verteilt stehen.“

This word in other languages

atropello(Español)accident de la route(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

evrkehrsunfall
vekrehrsunfall
verekhrsunfall
verkehhrsunfall
verkehrrsunfall
verkehrsnufall
verkehrssunfall
verkehrsufnall
verkehrsunafll
verkehrsunfal
verkehrsunffall
verkehrsunflal
verkehrsunnfall
verkehrusnfall
verkehsrunfall
verkerhsunfall
verkhersunfall
verkkehrsunfall
verrkehrsunfall
vrekehrsunfall
vverkehrsunfall

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Verkehrsunfall - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "Verkehrsunfall"

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 "Verkehrsunfall"?

"Verkehrsunfall" is spelled V-E-R-K-E-H-R-S-U-N-F-A-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯sʔʊnˌfal].

What does "Verkehrsunfall" mean?

As a noun, "Verkehrsunfall" means: Vorfall im Verkehrsleben, der einen Sachschaden und/oder Personenschaden zur Folge hat

What words are commonly confused with "Verkehrsunfall"?

"Verkehrsunfall" is commonly confused with "Verkehrsunfälle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Verkehrsunfall"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Verkehrsunfall" is [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯sʔʊnˌfal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Verkehrsunfall" come from?

"Verkehrsunfall" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Versicherungen#7,417 Aufzeichnungen#7,281 Verbesserungen#7,246 gegebenenfalls#7,612

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).

nachfolgenden21 variants hintereinander21 variants Besonderheiten21 variants problematisch21 variants