warben
[ˈvaʁbn̩]
The verdict
“warben” is uncommon German (frequency #68,870 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,870
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs werben
Corpus desk
Index DE-warben · warben · German
warben · rank #68,870 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,870
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wankt
Nearest frequency peer: wankt (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „warben“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Waffeleisen
Waffeleisen
31,134 corpus weight
- Walldürn
Walldürn
31,133 corpus weight
- wankt
wankt
31,132 corpus weight
- warben
warben
31,131 corpus weight
- Warnhinweis
Warnhinweis
31,130 corpus weight
- Warnstreiks
Warnstreiks
31,129 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „warben“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | warben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvaʁbn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,870 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „warben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
warben is uncommon German at frequency #68,870 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvaʁbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for warben, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is warben, spelled W-A-R-B-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs werben
- 23. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs werben
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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