vielleicht

/[fiˈlaɪ̯çt]/ adv

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#177

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

vielleicht is anGermanadv. It means: unter Umständen, möglicherweise Pronounced [fiˈlaɪ̯çt]. It ranks #177 in German word frequency.

Key facts for vielleicht
PropertyValue
Headwordvielleicht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[fiˈlaɪ̯çt]
Letters10
Frequency rank#177
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of vielleicht in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for vielleicht is 10 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fiˈlaɪ̯çt]. Corpus data places it at rank #177 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for vielleicht, with forms such as "ivelleicht", "veilleicht", and "vieleicht". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is vielleicht, spelled V-I-E-L-L-E-I-C-H-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    unter Umständen, möglicherweise
  2. 2
    um die, ungefähr, zirka
  3. 3
    besonders, unerwartet stark

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ivelleicht,veilleicht,vieleicht,vielelicht,vielleciht,vielleiccht,vielleichht,vielleichtt,vielleicth,vielleihct,vielliecht,vileleicht,vvielleicht

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vielleicht

Misspelling Variants of "vielleicht"

ivelleicht10veilleicht10vieleicht9vielelicht10vielleciht10vielleiccht11vielleichht11vielleichtt11
Misspelling Variants of "vielleicht"

Frequency rank: #177 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vielleicht"?
"vielleicht" is spelled V-I-E-L-L-E-I-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [fiˈlaɪ̯çt].
What does "vielleicht" mean?
As an adv, "vielleicht" means: unter Umständen, möglicherweise
What are common misspellings of "vielleicht"?
Common misspellings include "ivelleicht", "veilleicht", "vieleicht", "vielelicht", "vielleciht". The correct spelling is "vielleicht".
How do you pronounce "vielleicht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vielleicht" is [fiˈlaɪ̯çt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vielleicht" come from?
"vielleicht" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.