Verschiebeprobe
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃiːbəˌpʁoːbə]
The verdict
“Verschiebeprobe” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Verfahren, bei dem man die Wörter/ Wortgruppen eines Satzes in eine andere Reihenfolge bringt, wobei sich die Bedeutung des Satzes nicht ändern soll. Auf diese Weise kann man feststellen, welche Wö...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Verschiebeprobe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃiːbəˌpʁoːbə] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Verschiebeprobe” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Verschiebeprobe is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈʃiːbəˌpʁoːbə]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Verfahren, bei dem man die Wörter/ Wortgruppen eines Satzes in eine andere Reihenfolge bringt, wobei sich die Bedeutung des Satzes nicht ändern soll. Auf diese Weise kann man feststellen, welche Wö...".
Zero misspellings are on record for Verschiebeprobe in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Verschiebeprobe, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-I-E-B-E-P-R-O-B-E.
Definition
- 1Verfahren, bei dem man die Wörter/ Wortgruppen eines Satzes in eine andere Reihenfolge bringt, wobei sich die Bedeutung des Satzes nicht ändern soll. Auf diese Weise kann man feststellen, welche Wörter eines Satzes eng zusammengehören und daher womöglich ein Satzglied bilden.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Verschiebeprobe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-S-C-H-I-E-B-E-P-R-O-B-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.