verhaften
\fɛɐ̯ˈhaftn̩\
The verdict
“verhaften” 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) - Appréhender, arrêter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-verhaften · verhaften · French
verhaften · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | verhaften |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈhaftn̩\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
verhaften is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈhaftn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verhaften, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is verhaften, spelled V-E-R-H-A-F-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Appréhender, arrêter.
- 2Être lié ou attaché à. Note: seulement le participe passé est employé dans ce sens.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verhaften appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Polizei verhaftet den Erpresser.
Miles Routledge ist nicht der einzige Brite, den die Taliban verhaftet haben. Bekannt sind auch zwei weitere Fälle: Ein für eine Hilfsorganisation tätiger Mediziner und ein britischer Hotelmanager wurden im Januar von den Taliban aufgegriffen.
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.