Voerde
[ˈføːɐ̯də]
The verdict
“Voerde” is uncommon German (frequency #72,008 among 49,639 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,008
- frequency rank, German
- 49,639
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Voerde |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈføːɐ̯də] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #72,008 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Voerde” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Voerde is uncommon German at frequency #72,008 among 49,639 “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
- 1eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
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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Using “Voerde”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-O-E-R-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.