Verursacher
[fɛɐ̯ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌzaxɐ]
The verdict
“Verursacher” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #21,467 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #21,467
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Person oder etwas, die/das den Ursprung für etwas bildet, für etwas verantwortlich ist
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 | Verursacher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌzaxɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #21,467 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Verursacher” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Verursacher is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌzaxɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,467 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Person oder etwas, die/das den Ursprung für etwas bildet, für etwas verantwortlich ist".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Verursacher, with forms such as "evrursacher", "verrursacher", and "verrusacher". 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, "verursacht", "verursachte", "verursachten", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Verursacher, spelled V-E-R-U-R-S-A-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person oder etwas, die/das den Ursprung für etwas bildet, für etwas verantwortlich ist
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrursacher,verrursacher,verrusacher,verurascher,verurrsacher,verursaccher,verursacehr,verursacherr,verursachher,verursachre,verursahcer,verurscaher,verurssacher,verusracher,veurrsacher,vreursacher,vverursacher
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Verursacher - 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 “Verursacher”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-E-R-U-R-S-A-C-H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɛɐ̯ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌzaxɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “verursacht” - see the side-by-side comparison. Verursacher vs verursacht
- 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.