verbieten
\fɛɐ̯ˈbiːtn̩\
The verdict
“verbieten” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Défendre, interdire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-verbieten · verbieten · French
verbieten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | verbieten |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈbiːtn̩\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « verbieten » en français
Rare enough to double-check
verbieten is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈbiːtn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Défendre, interdire.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for verbieten, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is verbieten, spelled V-E-R-B-I-E-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Défendre, interdire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verbieten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie verbietet mir zu sprechen.
Das Bauamt hat verboten, dieses Gebäude aufzustocken, weil es ansonsten einstürzen könnte.
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.