Varus
[ˈvaːʁʊs]
The verdict
“Varus” is uncommon German (frequency #74,117 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,117
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - römischer Senator und Feldherr der augusteischen Zeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-varus · Varus · German
Varus · rank #74,117 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,117
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vai
Nearest frequency peer: vai (-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 „Varus“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- ursus
ursus
25,887 corpus weight
- Urteilsspru…
Urteilsspruch
25,886 corpus weight
- vai
vai
25,885 corpus weight
- Varus
Varus
25,884 corpus weight
- vasco
vasco
25,883 corpus weight
- vena
vena
25,881 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Varus“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Varus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaːʁʊs] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #74,117 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Varus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Varus is uncommon German at frequency #74,117 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈvaːʁʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "römischer Senator und Feldherr der augusteischen Zeit".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Varus, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Varus, spelled V-A-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1römischer Senator und Feldherr der augusteischen Zeit
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Varus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Da Tiberius mich überredet hatte, Varus zum Befehlshaber zu ernennen, stellte ich im folgenden Jahr die germanischen Armeen unter sein Kommando.“
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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