curriculum vitae
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The verdict
“curriculum vitae” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lebenslauf
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | curriculum vitae |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “curriculum vitae” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for curriculum vitae is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Lebenslauf".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for curriculum vitae, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is curriculum vitae, spelled C-U-R-R-I-C-U-L-U-M- -V-I-T-A-E.
Definition
- 1Lebenslauf
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.
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- The one correct German spelling is C-U-R-R-I-C-U-L-U-M- -V-I-T-A-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.