violence

[vjɔlɑ̃s]

/[vjɔlɑ̃s]/ noun

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The verdict

“violence” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #45,669. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,669
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-violence · violence · German

violence · rank #45,669 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,669
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Vierteljahrhu…

Nearest frequency peer: Vierteljahrhundert (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „violence“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „violence“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

violence vs Violine
63% similar
violence vs violette
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for violence
PropertyValue
Headwordviolence
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[vjɔlɑ̃s]
Letters8
Frequency rank#45,669
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „violence“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.violenceliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Vierteljahrhundert“ (#45,668), „vod“ (#45,670), „verwirrter“ (#45,667). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „violence“ bei #45,669. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around violence (IPA [vjɔlɑ̃s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,669 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gewalt".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for violence, with forms such as "ivolence", "viloence", and "vioelnce". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Violine", "violette", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is violence, spelled V-I-O-L-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gewalt

This word in other languages

violence(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivolence
  • viloence
  • vioelnce
  • violecne
  • violencce
  • violenec
  • violennce
  • viollence
  • violnece
  • voilence
  • vviolence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of violence - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ivolence2viloence2vioelnce2violecne2violencce1violenec2violennce1viollence1
Edit distance from "violence"

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 "violence"?
"violence" is spelled V-I-O-L-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is [vjɔlɑ̃s].
What does "violence" mean?
As a noun, "violence" means: Gewalt
What words are commonly confused with "violence"?
"violence" is commonly confused with "Violine", "violette". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "violence"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "violence" is [vjɔlɑ̃s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "violence" come from?
"violence" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

vorhatte#45,674verpufft#45,661verklärt#45,657vergeigt#45,654

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Waldweg11 variantsWerften11 variantsTrecker11 variantsWürmern11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list