Vertriebene
[fɛɐ̯ˈtʁiːbənə]
The verdict
“Vertriebene” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #37,283 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #37,283
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - weibliche Person, die unter Zwang ihre Heimat verlassen musste
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 | Vertriebene |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈtʁiːbənə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #37,283 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Vertriebene” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Vertriebene is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈtʁiːbənə]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,283 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "weibliche Person, die unter Zwang ihre Heimat verlassen musste".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vertriebene, with forms such as "evrtriebene", "verrtiebene", and "verrtriebene". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Vertriebenen", "vertrieben", "vertretene", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Vertriebene, spelled V-E-R-T-R-I-E-B-E-N-E.
Definition
- 1weibliche Person, die unter Zwang ihre Heimat verlassen musste
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrtriebene,verrtiebene,verrtriebene,vertirebene,vertreibene,vertribeene,vertriebbene,vertriebeen,vertriebnee,vertrieebne,vertrriebene,verttriebene,vetrriebene,vretriebene,vvertriebene
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Vertriebene - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Vertriebene”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-T-R-I-E-B-E-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈtʁiːbənə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Vertriebenen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Vertriebene vs Vertriebenen
- 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.