vehement

[veheˈmɛnt]

/[veheˈmɛnt]/ adj

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The verdict

“vehement” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,969. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,969
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - heftig, ungestüm, mit großem Einsatz

Corpus desk

Index DE-vehement · vehement · German

vehement · rank #14,969 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,969
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Vegetation

Nearest frequency peer: Vegetation (-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 „vehement“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „vehement“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vehement
PropertyValue
Headwordvehement
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[veheˈmɛnt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,969
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „vehement“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).vehementliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Vegetation“ (#14,968), „veranlasste“ (#14,970), „value“ (#14,967). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „vehement“ bei #14,969. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around vehement (IPA [veheˈmɛnt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,969 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "heftig, ungestüm, mit großem Einsatz".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for vehement, with forms such as "evhement", "veehment", and "veheemnt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 vehement, spelled V-E-H-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    heftig, ungestüm, mit großem Einsatz

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how vehement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Er setzte sich vehement für den Vorschlag ein.
  2. „Hierbei stand das Sultanat vor allem im Gegensatz zu den Kleinreichen der Rajputen, die jegliche Eingriffe in die inneren Machtangelegenheiten vehement bekämpften.“

Synonyms

heftigkräftigungestümNachdruck

This word in other languages

vehement(English)vehemente(Español)véhément(Français)veemente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evhement
  • veehment
  • veheemnt
  • vehemennt
  • vehementt
  • vehemetn
  • vehemment
  • vehemnet
  • vehhement
  • vehmeent
  • vheement
  • vvehement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vehement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

evhement2veehment2veheemnt2vehemennt1vehementt1vehemetn2vehemment1vehemnet2
Edit distance from "vehement"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vehement"?
"vehement" is spelled V-E-H-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [veheˈmɛnt].
What does "vehement" mean?
As an adjective, "vehement" means: heftig, ungestüm, mit großem Einsatz
What are common misspellings of "vehement"?
Common misspellings include "evhement", "veehment", "veheemnt", "vehemennt", "vehementt". The correct spelling is "vehement".
How do you pronounce "vehement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vehement" is [veheˈmɛnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vehement" come from?
"vehement" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vehement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

verfolge#14,974Websites#14,991streicht#14,944silberne#14,929

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

vielerlei12 variantsSymptom12 variantssinnvoller12 variantsReferenz12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list