Vehemenz

[veheˈmɛnt͡s]

/[veheˈmɛnt͡s]/ noun

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The verdict

“Vehemenz” is uncommon German (frequency #66,815 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,815
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - heftige, temperamentvolle, ungestüme, nachdrückliche Art

Corpus desk

Index DE-vehemenz · Vehemenz · German

Vehemenz · rank #66,815 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,815
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH venezolanisch…

Nearest frequency peer: venezolanischen (+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 „Vehemenz“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vehemenz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Vehemenz
PropertyValue
HeadwordVehemenz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[veheˈmɛnt͡s]
Letters8
Frequency rank#66,815
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Vehemenz“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Vehemenzfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „venezolanischen“ (#66,816), „VAT“ (#66,813), „veralteter“ (#66,817). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Vehemenz“ bei #66,815. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Vehemenz is uncommon German at frequency #66,815 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [veheˈmɛnt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "heftige, temperamentvolle, ungestüme, nachdrückliche Art".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Vehemenz, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Vehemenz, spelled V-E-H-E-M-E-N-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    heftige, temperamentvolle, ungestüme, nachdrückliche Art

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sie bekräftigte mit Vehemenz ihre Worte.
  2. Die Vehemenz der Sturmböen nahm zu.

Synonyms

HärteHeftigkeitHitzigkeitIntensitätKraftLeidenschaftLeidenschaftlichkeitMassivitätSchärfeStärkeWildheitWuchtWuchtigkeitGewaltUngestümViolenz

This word in other languages

vehemence(English)vehemencia(Español)véhémence(Français)

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 "Vehemenz"?
"Vehemenz" is spelled V-E-H-E-M-E-N-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [veheˈmɛnt͡s].
What does "Vehemenz" mean?
As a noun, "Vehemenz" means: heftige, temperamentvolle, ungestüme, nachdrückliche Art
How do you pronounce "Vehemenz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vehemenz" is [veheˈmɛnt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Vehemenz" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

verformt#66,820unnützes#66,799versiegt#66,834umrundet#66,788

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list