VAT
[ˌviːeɪ̯ˈtiː]
The verdict
“VAT” is uncommon German (frequency #66,813 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,813
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ust., UST., Umsatzsteuer, MwSt., MWSt., Mehrwertsteuer
Corpus desk
Index DE-vat · VAT · German
VAT · rank #66,813 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,813
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Vagabunden
Nearest frequency peer: Vagabunden (-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 „VAT“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- unvollständ…
unvollständiger
33,192 corpus weight
- urkundlichen
urkundlichen
33,190 corpus weight
- Vagabunden
Vagabunden
33,189 corpus weight
- VAT
VAT
33,188 corpus weight
- Vehemenz
Vehemenz
33,186 corpus weight
- venezolanis…
venezolanischen
33,185 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „VAT“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | VAT |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [ˌviːeɪ̯ˈtiː] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #66,813 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „VAT“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
VAT is uncommon German at frequency #66,813 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed [ˌviːeɪ̯ˈtiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ust., UST., Umsatzsteuer, MwSt., MWSt., Mehrwertsteuer".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for VAT, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is VAT, spelled V-A-T.
Definition
- 1Ust., UST., Umsatzsteuer, MwSt., MWSt., Mehrwertsteuer
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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