virtuos

[vɪʁtuˈoːs]

/[vɪʁtuˈoːs]/ adj

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The verdict

“virtuos” is uncommon German (frequency #52,554 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,554
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Musik: meisterhaft, mit absoluter technischer Perfektion, technisch vollendet

Corpus desk

Index DE-virtuos · virtuos · German

virtuos · rank #52,554 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,554
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH visualisiert

Nearest frequency peer: visualisiert (+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 „virtuos“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for virtuos
PropertyValue
Headwordvirtuos
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[vɪʁtuˈoːs]
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,554
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „virtuos“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.virtuosfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „visualisiert“ (#52,555), „vielseitiges“ (#52,552), „visueller“ (#52,556). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „virtuos“ bei #52,554. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

virtuos is uncommon German at frequency #52,554 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [vɪʁtuˈoːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Musik: meisterhaft, mit absoluter technischer Perfektion, technisch vollendet".

virtuos doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is virtuos, spelled V-I-R-T-U-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Musik: meisterhaft, mit absoluter technischer Perfektion, technisch vollendet

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Er interpretiert das Stück virtuos.

This word in other languages

virtuous(English)virtuoso(Español)virtuose(Français)

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 "virtuos"?
"virtuos" is spelled V-I-R-T-U-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [vɪʁtuˈoːs].
What does "virtuos" mean?
As an adjective, "virtuos" means: Musik: meisterhaft, mit absoluter technischer Perfektion, technisch vollendet
How do you pronounce "virtuos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "virtuos" is [vɪʁtuˈoːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "virtuos" come from?
"virtuos" 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 "virtuos", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vollste#52,559vortrug#52,565Wagener#52,572Winkels#52,589

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list