Verkehrszeichen
[fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯sˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩]
The verdict
“Verkehrszeichen” has 24 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,100. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,100
- frequency rank, German
- 49,639
- “V” headwords
- 24
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - behördlich angeordneter Teil der Straßenausstattung wie Schild, Tafel oder Fahrbahnmarkierung zur Regelung und Sicherung des öffentlichen Verkehrs
Corpus desk
Index DE-verkehrszeichen · Verkehrszeichen · German
Verkehrszeichen · rank #39,100 · 24 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,100
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 24 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,639
- PHOTO-FINISH vergebene
Nearest frequency peer: vergebene (-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 “Verkehrszeichen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Vereinsleben
Vereinsleben
60,903 corpus weight
- vergebene
vergebene
60,902 corpus weight
- Verkehrszei…
Verkehrszeichen
60,901 corpus weight
- verkommt
verkommt
60,900 corpus weight
- Verlinkung
Verlinkung
60,899 corpus weight
- Vermerken
Vermerken
60,898 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Verkehrszeichen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Verkehrszeichen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯sˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #39,100 |
| Misspellings tracked | 24 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Verkehrszeichen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 24 spelling variants around Verkehrszeichen (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯sˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,100 among 49,639 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "behördlich angeordneter Teil der Straßenausstattung wie Schild, Tafel oder Fahrbahnmarkierung zur Regelung und Sicherung des öffentlichen Verkehrs".
Our generated misspelling index lists 24 likely wrong-spelling variants for Verkehrszeichen, with forms such as "evrkehrszeichen", "vekrehrszeichen", and "verekhrszeichen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Verkehrszeichen, spelled V-E-R-K-E-H-R-S-Z-E-I-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1behördlich angeordneter Teil der Straßenausstattung wie Schild, Tafel oder Fahrbahnmarkierung zur Regelung und Sicherung des öffentlichen Verkehrs
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrkehrszeichen
- vekrehrszeichen
- verekhrszeichen
- verkehhrszeichen
- verkehrrszeichen
- verkehrsezichen
- verkehrsszeichen
- verkehrszecihen
- verkehrszeicchen
- verkehrszeicehn
- verkehrszeichenn
- verkehrszeichhen
- verkehrszeichne
- verkehrszeihcen
- verkehrsziechen
- verkehrszzeichen
- verkehrzseichen
- verkehsrzeichen
- verkerhszeichen
- verkherszeichen
- verkkehrszeichen
- verrkehrszeichen
- vrekehrszeichen
- vverkehrszeichen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Verkehrszeichen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Verkehrszeichen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (24 here; floor ≥5).
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.