vertigo
[vɜːtɪɡəʊ]
The verdict
“vertigo” is uncommon German (frequency #64,844 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,844
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schwindel, Schwindelgefühl
Corpus desk
Index DE-vertigo · vertigo · German
vertigo · rank #64,844 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,844
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Verteidigungs…
Nearest frequency peer: Verteidigungslinie (-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 „vertigo“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- verschneiten
verschneiten
35,160 corpus weight
- Verteidigun…
Verteidigungslinie
35,158 corpus weight
- vertigo
vertigo
35,157 corpus weight
- vervierfacht
vervierfacht
35,156 corpus weight
- Verwaltungs…
Verwaltungsbehörde
35,155 corpus weight
- verzagen
verzagen
35,154 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „vertigo“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vertigo |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [vɜːtɪɡəʊ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,844 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vertigo“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vertigo is uncommon German at frequency #64,844 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [vɜːtɪɡəʊ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for vertigo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is vertigo, spelled V-E-R-T-I-G-O.
Definition
- 1Schwindel, Schwindelgefühl
- 2Höhenangst (eigentlich nur das Schwindelgefühl, das sich einstellt, wenn eine Person mit Höhenangst in die Tiefe schaut)
Synonyms
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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