Vernunft
[fɛɐ̯ˈnʊnft]
The verdict
“Vernunft” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #5,895 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,895
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fähigkeit des menschlichen Denkens; geistiges Vermögen des Menschen, mit seinem Verstand durch Beobachtung und Erfahrung erfasster Sachverhalte universelle Zusammenhänge der Wirklichkeit durch Schl...
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 | Vernunft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈnʊnft] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,895 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Vernunft” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Vernunft is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈnʊnft]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,895 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Fähigkeit des menschlichen Denkens; geistiges Vermögen des Menschen, mit seinem Verstand durch Beobachtung und Erfahrung erfasster Sachverhalte universelle Zusammenhänge der Wirklichkeit durch Schl...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vernunft, with forms such as "evrnunft", "venrunft", and "vernnuft". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "verpufft", "vernünftig", "verdünnt", 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Vernunft, spelled V-E-R-N-U-N-F-T.
Definition
- 1Fähigkeit des menschlichen Denkens; geistiges Vermögen des Menschen, mit seinem Verstand durch Beobachtung und Erfahrung erfasster Sachverhalte universelle Zusammenhänge der Wirklichkeit durch Schlussfolgerung herstellen zu können, deren Bedeutung zu erkennen, Regeln und Prinzipien aufzustellen und danach zu handeln
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrnunft,venrunft,vernnuft,vernnunft,vernufnt,vernunfft,vernunftt,vernunnft,vernuntf,verrnunft,verunnft,vrenunft,vvernunft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Vernunft - 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.
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Using “Vernunft”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-N-U-N-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈnʊnft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “verpufft” - see the side-by-side comparison. Vernunft vs verpufft
- 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.