verliehen

/[fɛɐ̯ˈliːən]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,662

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

verliehen is aGermanverb. It means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verleihen Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈliːən]. It ranks #5,662 in German word frequency. Often confused with versehen and verliere.

Key facts for verliehen
PropertyValue
Headwordverliehen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈliːən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,662
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of verliehen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for verliehen is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈliːən]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,662 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verleihen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for verliehen, with forms such as "evrliehen", "velriehen", and "verilehen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "versehen", "verliere", "verstehen", and more, 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 verliehen, spelled V-E-R-L-I-E-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verleihen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrliehen,velriehen,verilehen,verlieehn,verliehenn,verliehhen,verliehne,verliheen,verlliehen,verrliehen,vreliehen,vverliehen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for verliehen

Misspelling Variants of "verliehen"

evrliehen9velriehen9verilehen9verlieehn9verliehenn10verliehhen10verliehne9verliheen9
Misspelling Variants of "verliehen"

Frequency rank: #5,662 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verliehen"?
"verliehen" is spelled V-E-R-L-I-E-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈliːən].
What does "verliehen" mean?
As a verb, "verliehen" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs verleihen
What words are commonly confused with "verliehen"?
"verliehen" is commonly confused with "versehen", "verliere", "verstehen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verliehen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verliehen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈliːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verliehen" come from?
"verliehen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.