Verwaltung

/[fɛɐ̯ˈvaltʊŋ]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,683

in German word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

Verwaltung is aGermannoun. It means: Organisation der Abläufe in Betrieben und anderen öffentlichen oder privaten Institutionen sowie deren Durchführung Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈvaltʊŋ]. It ranks #1,683 in German word frequency. Often confused with Verwertung and Verwüstung.

Key facts for Verwaltung
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HeadwordVerwaltung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈvaltʊŋ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#1,683
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Verwaltung is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈvaltʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,683 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for Verwaltung, with forms such as "evrwaltung", "verawltung", and "verrwaltung". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Verwertung", "Verwüstung", "Verwarnung", 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 Verwaltung, spelled V-E-R-W-A-L-T-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Organisation der Abläufe in Betrieben und anderen öffentlichen oder privaten Institutionen sowie deren Durchführung
  2. 2
    Organisation der öffentlichen Dienste auf allen Ebenen von den Kommunen bis zu den Einrichtungen des (Bundes-)Staates, die dazu dienen, das öffentliche Leben in allen Belangen gemäß Erlassen und Rechtsvorschriften zu regeln
  3. 3
    automatische Administration

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrwaltung,verawltung,verrwaltung,verwalltung,verwaltnug,verwalttung,verwaltugn,verwaltungg,verwaltunng,verwalutng,verwatlung,verwlatung,verwwaltung,vewraltung,vrewaltung,vverwaltung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Verwaltung

Misspelling Variants of "Verwaltung"

evrwaltung10verawltung10verrwaltung11verwalltung11verwaltnug10verwalttung11verwaltugn10verwaltungg11
Misspelling Variants of "Verwaltung"

Frequency rank: #1,683 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Verwaltung"?
"Verwaltung" is spelled V-E-R-W-A-L-T-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈvaltʊŋ].
What does "Verwaltung" mean?
As a noun, "Verwaltung" means: Organisation der Abläufe in Betrieben und anderen öffentlichen oder privaten Institutionen sowie deren Durchführung
What words are commonly confused with "Verwaltung"?
"Verwaltung" is commonly confused with "Verwertung", "Verwüstung", "Verwarnung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Verwaltung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Verwaltung" is [fɛɐ̯ˈvaltʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Verwaltung" come from?
"Verwaltung" 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.