verbauen
\fɛɐ̯ˈbaʊ̯ən\
The verdict
“verbauen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Consommer pour construire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-verbauen · verbauen · French
verbauen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verbauen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈbaʊ̯ən\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « verbauen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
verbauen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈbaʊ̯ən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for verbauen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is verbauen, spelled V-E-R-B-A-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1Consommer pour construire.
- 2Construire de manière erronée.
- 3Bloquer l'accès.
- 4Enlaidir (un paysage, une vue) avec des bâtiments.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how verbauen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zwar liegen die Macht- und Wirtschaftszentren des digitalen Raums in den USA. Doch keiner der Digitalkonzerne wie Facebook, Google oder Amazon wird sich den zweitgrößten Markt der Welt verbauen.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.