virtue
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The verdict
“virtue” is uncommon German (frequency #68,853 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,853
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tugend
Corpus desk
Index DE-virtue · virtue · German
virtue · rank #68,853 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,853
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Vignetten
Nearest frequency peer: Vignetten (-2 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 „virtue“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Vienne
Vienne
31,152 corpus weight
- vierbeinigen
vierbeinigen
31,151 corpus weight
- Vignetten
Vignetten
31,150 corpus weight
- virtue
virtue
31,148 corpus weight
- Vlog
Vlog
31,146 corpus weight
- vollzogenen
vollzogenen
31,144 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „virtue“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | virtue |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,853 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „virtue“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
virtue is uncommon German at frequency #68,853 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
virtue has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is virtue, spelled V-I-R-T-U-E.
Definition
- 1Tugend
- 2Tugendhaftigkeit
- 3Vorteil
- 4Nutzen
- 5Keuschheit
- 6by virtue of (in virtue of) – wegen, aufgrund, vermöge
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how virtue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"It has connected him nearer with virtue than with any other feeling."
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Antonyms
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.
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