Vertrauen
[fɛɐ̯ˈtʁaʊ̯ən]
The verdict
“Vertrauen” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,405. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,405
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Überzeugung von der Richtigkeit beziehungsweise Wahrheit einer Handlung oder eines anderen Menschen, die in der Regel ein gegenseitiges Verhältnis der Zuverlässigkeit bedingt
Corpus desk
Index DE-vertrauen · Vertrauen · German
Vertrauen · rank #1,405 · 13 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,405
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Vergangenheit
Nearest frequency peer: Vergangenheit (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Vertrauen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sozialen
sozialen
98,599 corpus weight
- Vergangenhe…
Vergangenheit
98,597 corpus weight
- Vertrauen
Vertrauen
98,596 corpus weight
- wirkt
wirkt
98,595 corpus weight
- Zustand
Zustand
98,594 corpus weight
- aussehen
aussehen
98,593 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Vertrauen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Vertrauen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈtʁaʊ̯ən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #1,405 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Vertrauen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Vertrauen (IPA [fɛɐ̯ˈtʁaʊ̯ən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,405 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Überzeugung von der Richtigkeit beziehungsweise Wahrheit einer Handlung oder eines anderen Menschen, die in der Regel ein gegenseitiges Verhältnis der Zuverlässigkeit bedingt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vertrauen, with forms such as "evrtrauen", "verrtauen", and "verrtrauen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vertraut", "vertreten", "vertraute", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Vertrauen, spelled V-E-R-T-R-A-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1Überzeugung von der Richtigkeit beziehungsweise Wahrheit einer Handlung oder eines anderen Menschen, die in der Regel ein gegenseitiges Verhältnis der Zuverlässigkeit bedingt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vertrauen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er genießt mein vollstes Vertrauen.
„Die Abhängigkeit der Untertanen, aber auch deren weitgehendes Vertrauen in die Obrigkeit unterschieden die deutsche Gesellschaft von anderen westeuropäischen Staaten.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrtrauen
- verrtauen
- verrtrauen
- vertaruen
- vertraeun
- vertrauenn
- vertraune
- vertrrauen
- vertruaen
- verttrauen
- vetrrauen
- vretrauen
- vvertrauen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Vertrauen - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Vertrauen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Vertrauen" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "vertraut". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,405 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "V" letter cohort. V–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.