verursachen

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌzaxn̩]/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,253

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

verursachen is aGermanverb. It means: etwas auslösen, der Grund für etwas sein, den Ursprung für etwas bilden, für etwas verantwortlich sein Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌzaxn̩]. It ranks #6,253 in German word frequency. Often confused with verursacht and verursachte.

Key facts for verursachen
PropertyValue
Headwordverursachen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌzaxn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#6,253
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for verursachen is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌzaxn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,253 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "etwas auslösen, der Grund für etwas sein, den Ursprung für etwas bilden, für etwas verantwortlich sein".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for verursachen, with forms such as "evrursachen", "verrursachen", and "verrusachen". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "verursacht", "verursachte", "Verursacher", 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 verursachen, spelled V-E-R-U-R-S-A-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas auslösen, der Grund für etwas sein, den Ursprung für etwas bilden, für etwas verantwortlich sein

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrursachen,verrursachen,verrusachen,veruraschen,verurrsachen,verursacchen,verursacehn,verursachenn,verursachhen,verursachne,verursahcen,verurscahen,verurssachen,verusrachen,veurrsachen,vreursachen,vverursachen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for verursachen

Misspelling Variants of "verursachen"

evrursachen11verrursachen12verrusachen11veruraschen11verurrsachen12verursacchen12verursacehn11verursachenn12
Misspelling Variants of "verursachen"

Frequency rank: #6,253 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verursachen"?
"verursachen" is spelled V-E-R-U-R-S-A-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌzaxn̩].
What does "verursachen" mean?
As a verb, "verursachen" means: etwas auslösen, der Grund für etwas sein, den Ursprung für etwas bilden, für etwas verantwortlich sein
What words are commonly confused with "verursachen"?
"verursachen" is commonly confused with "verursacht", "verursachte", "Verursacher". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verursachen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verursachen" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌzaxn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verursachen" come from?
"verursachen" 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.