Voerde

[ˈføːɐ̯də]

/[ˈføːɐ̯də]/ name

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The verdict

“Voerde” is uncommon German (frequency #72,008 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,008
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-voerde · Voerde · German

Voerde · rank #72,008 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,008
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vln

Nearest frequency peer: vln (-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 „Voerde“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Voerde
PropertyValue
HeadwordVoerde
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈføːɐ̯də]
Letters6
Frequency rank#72,008
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Voerde“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Voerdefällt 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: „vln“ (#72,007), „Volksaufstand“ (#72,009), „vorbeilaufen“ (#72,010). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Voerde“ bei #72,008. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Voerde is uncommon German at frequency #72,008 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈføːɐ̯də]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Voerde, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Voerde, spelled V-O-E-R-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Voerde liegt im Westen Nordrhein-Westfalens am Niederrhein.

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 "Voerde"?
"Voerde" is spelled V-O-E-R-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈføːɐ̯də].
What does "Voerde" mean?
As a proper noun, "Voerde" means: eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Voerde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Voerde" is [ˈføːɐ̯də]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Voerde" come from?
"Voerde" 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 "Voerde", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vögele#72,016Untote#71,971Wirtes#72,055zögere#72,094

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list