Vizekönig

[ˈfiːt͡səˌkøːnɪç]

/[ˈfiːt͡səˌkøːnɪç]/ noun

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The verdict

“Vizekönig” is uncommon German (frequency #56,661 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,661
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die einen Monarchen vertritt, Stellvertreter eines Monarchen

Corpus desk

Index DE-vizekonig · Vizekönig · German

Vizekönig · rank #56,661 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,661
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vil

Nearest frequency peer: vil (-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 „Vizekönig“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Vizekönig
PropertyValue
HeadwordVizekönig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfiːt͡səˌkøːnɪç]
Letters9
Frequency rank#56,661
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Vizekönig“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „vil“ (#56,660), „Vokalen“ (#56,662), „Veterinär“ (#56,659). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Vizekönig“ bei #56,661. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Vizekönig is uncommon German at frequency #56,661 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfiːt͡səˌkøːnɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die einen Monarchen vertritt, Stellvertreter eines Monarchen".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Vizekönig, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Vizekönig, spelled V-I-Z-E-K-Ö-N-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die einen Monarchen vertritt, Stellvertreter eines Monarchen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Der berühmte indische Poet Mohammed Eqbal beschrieb Afghanistan als das ‹Herz Asiens›, während Lord Curzon, der britische Vizekönig Indiens im frühen 20. Jahrhundert, Afghanistan den ‹Hahnenkampfplatz Asiens› nannte.“
  2. „Und der Taiko persönlich hatte unseren Vizekönig in Manila gebeten, Franziskanermönche sowie einen Gesandten nach Japan zu schicken.“

This word in other languages

viceroy(English)virrey(Español)vice-roi(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 "Vizekönig"?
"Vizekönig" is spelled V-I-Z-E-K-Ö-N-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfiːt͡səˌkøːnɪç].
What does "Vizekönig" mean?
As a noun, "Vizekönig" means: Person, die einen Monarchen vertritt, Stellvertreter eines Monarchen
How do you pronounce "Vizekönig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vizekönig" is [ˈfiːt͡səˌkøːnɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Vizekönig" come from?
"Vizekönig" 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 "Vizekönig", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Veterinär#56,659Vorhängen#56,664Waldkirch#56,673Verlegers#56,641

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list