Verkehrsunfall
The verdict
“Verkehrsunfall” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #7,414 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,414
- frequency rank, German
- 14
- letters
- 21
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Vorfall im Verkehrsleben, der einen Sachschaden und/oder Personenschaden zur Folge hat
| 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) |
Where “Verkehrsunfall” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Verkehrsunfall is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯sʔʊnˌfal]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,414 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for Verkehrsunfall, with forms such as "evrkehrsunfall", "vekrehrsunfall", and "verekhrsunfall". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Verkehrsunfälle", 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 Verkehrsunfall, spelled V-E-R-K-E-H-R-S-U-N-F-A-L-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Vorfall im Verkehrsleben, der einen Sachschaden und/oder Personenschaden zur Folge hat
- 2ungewollte Schwangerschaft, Verhütungspanne
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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"
Frequency rank: #7,414 in German
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Using “Verkehrsunfall”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-K-E-H-R-S-U-N-F-A-L-L — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯sʔʊnˌfal] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Verkehrsunfälle” — see the side-by-side comparison. Verkehrsunfall vs Verkehrsunfälle
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Nearby German words
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