Vertreibung
[fɛɐ̯ˈtʁaɪ̯bʊŋ]
The verdict
“Vertreibung” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #14,980 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #14,980
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Maßnahme, um jemanden oder etwas zu zwingen, einen Ort zu verlassen
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 | Vertreibung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈtʁaɪ̯bʊŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #14,980 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Vertreibung” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Vertreibung is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈtʁaɪ̯bʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,980 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Maßnahme, um jemanden oder etwas zu zwingen, einen Ort zu verlassen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vertreibung, with forms such as "evrtreibung", "verrteibung", and "verrtreibung". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Vertretung", "Verteilung", "vertreiben", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Vertreibung, spelled V-E-R-T-R-E-I-B-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Maßnahme, um jemanden oder etwas zu zwingen, einen Ort zu verlassen
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrtreibung,verrteibung,verrtreibung,verteribung,vertrebiung,vertreibbung,vertreibnug,vertreibugn,vertreibungg,vertreibunng,vertreiubng,vertriebung,vertrreibung,verttreibung,vetrreibung,vretreibung,vvertreibung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Vertreibung - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Vertreibung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-T-R-E-I-B-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈtʁaɪ̯bʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Vertretung” - see the side-by-side comparison. Vertreibung vs Vertretung
- 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.