vélo
[ve.lo]
The verdict
“vélo” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - meist zweirädriges, von Menschenkraft angetriebenes Fahrzeug; Fahrrad
Corpus desk
Index DE-velo · vélo · German
vélo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vélo |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ve.lo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vélo“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vélo is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ve.lo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "meist zweirädriges, von Menschenkraft angetriebenes Fahrzeug; Fahrrad".
vélo has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 vélo, spelled V-É-L-O.
Definition
- 1meist zweirädriges, von Menschenkraft angetriebenes Fahrzeug; Fahrrad
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vélo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tu prends le vélo ou le bus pour aller au travail?
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.