vir

noun

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The verdict

“vir” is uncommon German (frequency #55,009 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,009
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-vir · vir · German

vir · rank #55,009 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,009
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vielschichtig…

Nearest frequency peer: vielschichtigen (-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 „vir“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vir
PropertyValue
Headwordvir
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#55,009
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „vir“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).virfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „vielschichtigen“ (#55,008), „Volksbefragung“ (#55,010), „vertrauenswürdigen“ (#55,007). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „vir“ bei #55,009. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vir is uncommon German at frequency #55,009 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

vir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is vir, spelled V-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mann
  2. 2
    verheirater Mann; Mann, Ehemann
  3. 3
    Soldat
  4. 4
    der echte Mann, Held
  5. 5
    die Menschen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how vir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „at ex agricolis et viri fortissimi et milites strenuissimi gignuntur,“ (Cato, agr., pr. 4)
  2. Vir fortis est.

This word in other languages

varón(Español)varão(Português)

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 "vir"?
"vir" is spelled V-I-R.
What does "vir" mean?
As a noun, "vir" means: Mann
What language does "vir" come from?
"vir" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

tua#54,958Ahn#55,096amo#55,107RAL#54,828

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list