vil

Name: vil, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[bil]

/[bil]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“vil” is uncommon German (frequency #56,660 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,660
frequency rank, German: 4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - niedrig, niederträchtig

Corpus desk

Index DE-vil · vil · German

vil · rank #56,660 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #56,660
LEN-MID 3 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 4,163
PHOTO-FINISH Veterinär

Nearest frequency peer: Veterinär (-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.

Verzweigung

43,344
Verärgerung

43,343
Veterinär

43,342
vil

43,341
Vizekönig

43,340
Vokalen

43,339

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

Key facts for vil
Property	Value
Headword	vil
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[bil]
Letters	3
Frequency rank	#56,660
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „vil“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).vilfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#56,660

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Veterinär“ (#56,659), „Vizekönig“ (#56,661), „Verärgerung“ (#56,658). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „vil“ bei #56,660. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vil is uncommon German at frequency #56,660 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bil]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "niedrig, niederträchtig".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for vil, 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.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is vil, spelled V-I-L.

Definition

1
niedrig, niederträchtig

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 "vil"?

"vil" is spelled V-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is [bil].

What does "vil" mean?

As an adjective, "vil" means: niedrig, niederträchtig

How do you pronounce "vil"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vil" is [bil]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "vil" come from?

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vil", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aes#56,731 Apt#56,759 ARN#56,763 sow#56,538