vierte

/[ˈfiːɐ̯tə]/ num

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,692

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

vierte is aGermannum. It means: nach dem beziehungsweise der Dritten kommend; dem beziehungsweise der Fünften vorausgehend Pronounced [ˈfiːɐ̯tə]. It ranks #3,692 in German word frequency. Often confused with Visite and viertel.

Key facts for vierte
PropertyValue
Headwordvierte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNum
IPA[ˈfiːɐ̯tə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,692
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for vierte is 6 letters long, classified as anum, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfiːɐ̯tə]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,692 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "nach dem beziehungsweise der Dritten kommend; dem beziehungsweise der Fünften vorausgehend".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for vierte, with forms such as "iverte", "veirte", and "vieret". 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 also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Visite", "viertel", "vierten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 vierte, spelled V-I-E-R-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    nach dem beziehungsweise der Dritten kommend; dem beziehungsweise der Fünften vorausgehend

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iverte,veirte,vieret,vierrte,viertte,vietre,virete,vvierte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vierte

Misspelling Variants of "vierte"

iverte6veirte6vieret6vierrte7viertte7vietre6virete6vvierte7
Misspelling Variants of "vierte"

Frequency rank: #3,692 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vierte"?
"vierte" is spelled V-I-E-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfiːɐ̯tə].
What does "vierte" mean?
As a num, "vierte" means: nach dem beziehungsweise der Dritten kommend; dem beziehungsweise der Fünften vorausgehend
What words are commonly confused with "vierte"?
"vierte" is commonly confused with "Visite", "viertel", "vierten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vierte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vierte" is [ˈfiːɐ̯tə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vierte" come from?
"vierte" 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.