Velodrom

[veloˈdʁoːm]

/[veloˈdʁoːm]/ noun

The verdict

“Velodrom” is uncommon German (frequency #97,885 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,885
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (meist geschlossene) Rennbahn für Fahrräder

Corpus desk

Index DE-velodrom · Velodrom · German

Velodrom · rank #97,885 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,885
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Venezolaner

Nearest frequency peer: Venezolaner (+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 „Velodrom“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Velodrom
PropertyValue
HeadwordVelodrom
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[veloˈdʁoːm]
Letters8
Frequency rank#97,885
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Velodrom“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Venezolaner“ (#97,886), „Urzustand“ (#97,883), „verabreichten“ (#97,887). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Velodrom“ bei #97,885. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Velodrom is uncommon German at frequency #97,885 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [veloˈdʁoːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(meist geschlossene) Rennbahn für Fahrräder".

Velodrom has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Velodrom, spelled V-E-L-O-D-R-O-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    (meist geschlossene) Rennbahn für Fahrräder

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Drei Tage vor der offiziellen Eröffnung der Olympischen Spiele wird die Technik einer Anzeigetafel im Athener Velodrom gecheckt. (www.spiegel.de)
  2. „Das Dröhnen der Räder und die anfeuernden Rufe der Zuschauer im Velodrom waren laut und belebend gewesen.“

Synonyms

Radrennbahn

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Velodrom"?
"Velodrom" is spelled V-E-L-O-D-R-O-M. The IPA pronunciation is [veloˈdʁoːm].
What does "Velodrom" mean?
As a noun, "Velodrom" means: (meist geschlossene) Rennbahn für Fahrräder
How do you pronounce "Velodrom"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Velodrom" is [veloˈdʁoːm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Velodrom" come from?
"Velodrom" 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 "Velodrom", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list