Valerius
[vaˈleːʁiʊs]
The verdict
“Valerius” is uncommon German (frequency #55,804 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,804
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname
Corpus desk
Index DE-valerius · Valerius · German
Valerius · rank #55,804 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,804
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH VAE
Nearest frequency peer: VAE (-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 „Valerius“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- USP
USP
44,199 corpus weight
- VAE
VAE
44,198 corpus weight
- Valerius
Valerius
44,197 corpus weight
- Vegetarierin
Vegetarierin
44,196 corpus weight
- Venetien
Venetien
44,195 corpus weight
- Veredelung
Veredelung
44,194 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Valerius“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Valerius |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [vaˈleːʁiʊs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,804 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Valerius“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Valerius is uncommon German at frequency #55,804 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [vaˈleːʁiʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "männlicher Vorname".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Valerius, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Valerius, spelled V-A-L-E-R-I-U-S.
Definition
- 1männlicher Vorname
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Valerius appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mein Neffe Valerius und seine Schwester Lola gehen heute ins Kino.
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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