Vakuum
[ˈvaːkuʊm]
The verdict
“Vakuum” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,028. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,028
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (fast) luftleerer Raum
Corpus desk
Index DE-vakuum · Vakuum · German
Vakuum · rank #16,028 · 8 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,028
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH unters
Nearest frequency peer: unters (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Vakuum“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- unterbringen
unterbringen
83,976 corpus weight
- unternahm
unternahm
83,975 corpus weight
- unters
unters
83,974 corpus weight
- Vakuum
Vakuum
83,973 corpus weight
- Verachtung
Verachtung
83,972 corpus weight
- verdankt
verdankt
83,971 corpus weight
What this shows „Vakuum“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vakuum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaːkuʊm] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,028 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Vakuum“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Vakuum (IPA [ˈvaːkuʊm]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,028 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vakuum, with forms such as "avkuum", "vakkuum", and "vakum". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Vakuum, spelled V-A-K-U-U-M.
Definition
- 1(fast) luftleerer Raum
- 2Leere
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vakuum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Weltraum herrscht beinahe ein Vakuum.
„Das Meter ist die Länge der Strecke, die Licht im Vakuum während der Dauer 1/299 792 458 Sekunden zurücklegt; …“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- avkuum
- vakkuum
- vakum
- vakumu
- vakuumm
- vaukum
- vkauum
- vvakuum
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Vakuum - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Vakuum", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).