Vakanz
[vaˈkant͡s]
The verdict
“Vakanz” is uncommon German (frequency #64,823 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,823
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zustand des Nichtbesetztseins eines Amtes oder einer Arbeitsstelle
Corpus desk
Index DE-vakanz · Vakanz · German
Vakanz · rank #64,823 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,823
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Vallendar
Nearest frequency peer: Vallendar (+1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Vakanz“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- unwürdige
unwürdige
35,182 corpus weight
- URLs
URLs
35,181 corpus weight
- Urteilsverm…
Urteilsvermögen
35,180 corpus weight
- Vakanz
Vakanz
35,178 corpus weight
- Vallendar
Vallendar
35,177 corpus weight
- verantwortu…
verantwortungsvoller
35,174 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vakanz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vakanz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [vaˈkant͡s] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,823 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vakanz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vakanz is uncommon German at frequency #64,823 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [vaˈkant͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Vakanz in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Vakanz, spelled V-A-K-A-N-Z.
Definition
- 1Zustand des Nichtbesetztseins eines Amtes oder einer Arbeitsstelle
- 2unbesetztes Amt oder Arbeitsstelle
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vakanz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach dreimonatiger Vakanz wurde der Posten des Personalleiters endlich wieder besetzt.
„Da bei Vakanz einer Schulleiterstelle wohl erfahrungsgemäß Lehrer aus dieser Schule als Bewerber in Frage kommen, darunter auch der meist bestellte prov. Leiter, wird dieser regelmäßig befangen sein, einen Bewährungsbericht oder eine Leistungsfeststellung abzugeben.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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