Verlegung
[fɛɐ̯ˈleːɡʊŋ]
The verdict
“Verlegung” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #10,586 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,586
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - fachgerechte Installation/Anbringung/Montage
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Verlegung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈleːɡʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #10,586 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Verlegung” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Verlegung is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈleːɡʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,586 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Verlegung, with forms such as "evrlegung", "velregung", and "verelgung". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Vorlesung", "Verlobung", "Verlosung", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Verlegung, spelled V-E-R-L-E-G-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1fachgerechte Installation/Anbringung/Montage
- 2Neufestlegung eines Termins
- 3Transfer von einem Ort zum anderen
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrlegung,velregung,verelgung,verleggung,verlegnug,verlegugn,verlegungg,verlegunng,verleugng,verlgeung,verllegung,verrlegung,vrelegung,vverlegung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Verlegung - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “Verlegung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-L-E-G-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈleːɡʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Vorlesung” - see the side-by-side comparison. Verlegung vs Vorlesung
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.