verwehren

/[fɛɐ̯ˈveːʁən]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,351

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

verwehren is aGermanverb. It means: nicht erlauben, nicht gestatten, verbieten, versperren; jemandem etwas nicht gewähren Pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈveːʁən]. Often confused with verwehrt and verwenden.

Key facts for verwehren
PropertyValue
Headwordverwehren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈveːʁən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#31,351
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for verwehren is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɛɐ̯ˈveːʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,351 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "nicht erlauben, nicht gestatten, verbieten, versperren; jemandem etwas nicht gewähren".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for verwehren, with forms such as "evrwehren", "verewhren", and "verrwehren". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "verwehrt", "verwenden", "verweisen", 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 verwehren, spelled V-E-R-W-E-H-R-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    nicht erlauben, nicht gestatten, verbieten, versperren; jemandem etwas nicht gewähren

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrwehren,verewhren,verrwehren,verwehern,verwehhren,verwehrenn,verwehrne,verwehrren,verwerhen,verwheren,verwwehren,vewrehren,vrewehren,vverwehren

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for verwehren

Misspelling Variants of "verwehren"

evrwehren9verewhren9verrwehren10verwehern9verwehhren10verwehrenn10verwehrne9verwehrren10
Misspelling Variants of "verwehren"

Frequency rank: #31,351 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verwehren"?
"verwehren" is spelled V-E-R-W-E-H-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈveːʁən].
What does "verwehren" mean?
As a verb, "verwehren" means: nicht erlauben, nicht gestatten, verbieten, versperren; jemandem etwas nicht gewähren
What words are commonly confused with "verwehren"?
"verwehren" is commonly confused with "verwehrt", "verwenden", "verweisen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verwehren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verwehren" is [fɛɐ̯ˈveːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verwehren" come from?
"verwehren" 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.