vitis

noun

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The verdict

“vitis” is uncommon German (frequency #95,083 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,083
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Weinrebe, die Rebe, der Weinstock

Corpus desk

Index DE-vitis · vitis · German

vitis · rank #95,083 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,083
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Vogelfutter

Nearest frequency peer: Vogelfutter (+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 „vitis“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vitis
PropertyValue
Headwordvitis
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#95,083
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „vitis“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Vogelfutter“ (#95,084), „Vietcong“ (#95,080), „Volkert“ (#95,086). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „vitis“ bei #95,083. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vitis is uncommon German at frequency #95,083 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for vitis in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is vitis, spelled V-I-T-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Weinrebe, die Rebe, der Weinstock
  2. 2
    der Wein
  3. 3
    jede Ranke (des Kürbis, der Gurke)
  4. 4
    der Kommandostab des Zenturionen (der aus einer abgeschnittenen Rebe hergestellt wurde), die Zenturionenstelle

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. ego sum vitis vera et Pater meus agricola est […] ego sum vitis vos palmites qui manet in me et ego in eo hic fert fructum multum quia sine me nihil potestis facere (Jesus)

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 "vitis"?
"vitis" is spelled V-I-T-I-S.
What does "vitis" mean?
As a noun, "vitis" means: die Weinrebe, die Rebe, der Weinstock
What language does "vitis" come from?
"vitis" 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 "vitis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Wulst#95,154turks#95,000thong#94,971Tauen#94,954

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list