VOC
[faʊ̯ʔoːˈt͡seː]
The verdict
“VOC” is uncommon German (frequency #64,852 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,852
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Flüchtige organische Verbindung
Corpus desk
Index DE-voc · VOC · German
VOC · rank #64,852 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,852
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vit
Nearest frequency peer: vit (-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 „VOC“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- verzückt
verzückt
35,153 corpus weight
- vielverspre…
vielversprechender
35,151 corpus weight
- vit
vit
35,150 corpus weight
- VOC
VOC
35,149 corpus weight
- Volleys
Volleys
35,148 corpus weight
- Voreingenom…
Voreingenommenheit
35,145 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „VOC“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | VOC |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [faʊ̯ʔoːˈt͡seː] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #64,852 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „VOC“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
VOC is uncommon German at frequency #64,852 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed [faʊ̯ʔoːˈt͡seː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Flüchtige organische Verbindung".
VOC has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is VOC, spelled V-O-C.
Definition
- 1Flüchtige organische Verbindung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how VOC appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„VOC: Abkürzung für englisch volatile organic compounds, flüchtige organische Verbindungen aus der Verwendung organischer Lösemittel und lösemittelhaltiger Produkte in Industrie, Gewerbe, Handwerk und Haushalten, auch bedingt durch Kraftfahrzeugverkehr; neben den Stickstoffoxiden sind VOC die wesentlichen Vorläufersubstanzen für die Umweltbelastung durch…
„Fachleute unterscheiden VOC von den sehr flüchtigen organischen Verbindungen (Very Volatile Organic Compounds, VVOC) und den schwerflüchtigen organischen Verbindungen (Semivolatile Organic Compounds, SVOC). Die Summe der Konzentrationen sämtlicher VOC ergibt den TVOC-Wert (Total Volatile Organic Compounds).“
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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