verhinderen
The verdict
“verhinderen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Empêcher.
Corpus desk
Index FR-verhinderen · verhinderen · French
verhinderen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | verhinderen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « verhinderen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
verhinderen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Empêcher.".
Zero misspellings are on record for verhinderen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is verhinderen, spelled V-E-R-H-I-N-D-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Empêcher.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how verhinderen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De politie verhinderde dat de relschoppers naar het paleis trokken.
Synonyms
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.