verschafften

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʃaftn̩]/ adj

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Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#47,822

in German word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

verschafften is anGermanadj. It means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschafft Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʃaftn̩]. Often confused with verschärfen and verschärfte.

Key facts for verschafften
PropertyValue
Headwordverschafften
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʃaftn̩]
Letters12
Frequency rank#47,822
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for verschafften is 12 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃaftn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #47,822 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for verschafften, with forms such as "evrschafften", "vercshafften", and "verrschafften". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "verschärfen", "verschärfte", "verschärften", 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 verschafften, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-A-F-F-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschafft
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschafft
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschafft
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschafft
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschafft
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschafft
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschafft
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschafft
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschafft
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschafft
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschafft
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschafft

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrschafften,vercshafften,verrschafften,verscahfften,verscchafften,verschaffetn,verschafftenn,verschafftne,verschafftten,verschaften,verschaftfen,verschfaften,verschhafften,vershcafften,versschafften,vesrchafften,vreschafften,vverschafften

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for verschafften

Misspelling Variants of "verschafften"

evrschafften12vercshafften12verrschafften13verscahfften12verscchafften13verschaffetn12verschafftenn13verschafftne12
Misspelling Variants of "verschafften"

Frequency rank: #47,822 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verschafften"?
"verschafften" is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-A-F-F-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃaftn̩].
What does "verschafften" mean?
As an adj, "verschafften" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs verschafft
What words are commonly confused with "verschafften"?
"verschafften" is commonly confused with "verschärfen", "verschärfte", "verschärften". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verschafften"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verschafften" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃaftn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verschafften" come from?
"verschafften" 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.