Völkerrecht
[ˈfœlkɐˌʁɛçt]
The verdict
“Völkerrecht” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,519. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,519
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gesamtheit der rechtlichen Regeln, bestehend aus allgemeinen Prinzipien, vertraglichen Vereinbarungen sowie Gewohnheitsrecht, über die Beziehungen von Staaten in ihrer Eigenschaft als Hoheitsträger...
Corpus desk
Index DE-volkerrecht · Völkerrecht · German
Völkerrecht · rank #15,519 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #15,519
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH VP
Nearest frequency peer: VP (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Völkerrecht”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- vorgegangen
vorgegangen
84,485 corpus weight
- Vorschau
Vorschau
84,484 corpus weight
- VP
VP
84,483 corpus weight
- Völkerrecht
Völkerrecht
84,482 corpus weight
- wacker
wacker
84,481 corpus weight
- Wahn
Wahn
84,480 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Völkerrecht” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Völkerrecht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfœlkɐˌʁɛçt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #15,519 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Völkerrecht” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Völkerrecht (IPA [ˈfœlkɐˌʁɛçt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,519 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gesamtheit der rechtlichen Regeln, bestehend aus allgemeinen Prinzipien, vertraglichen Vereinbarungen sowie Gewohnheitsrecht, über die Beziehungen von Staaten in ihrer Eigenschaft als Hoheitsträger...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Völkerrecht, with forms such as "vlökerrecht", "vvölkerrecht", and "vöklerrecht". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Völkerrechts", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Völkerrecht, spelled V-Ö-L-K-E-R-R-E-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1Gesamtheit der rechtlichen Regeln, bestehend aus allgemeinen Prinzipien, vertraglichen Vereinbarungen sowie Gewohnheitsrecht, über die Beziehungen von Staaten in ihrer Eigenschaft als Hoheitsträger, Internationalen Organisationen und anderen Völkerrechtssubjekten (etwa der Heilige Stuhl, das Internationale Komitee vom Roten Kreuz oder Befreiungsbewegungen, in gewissen Grenzen auch der einzelne Mensch) untereinander
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Völkerrecht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der deutsche Außenminister Guido Westerwelle hat für die Bundesregierung den Afghanistan-Einsatz erstmals als "bewaffneten Konflikt im Sinne des humanitären Völkerrechts" eingestuft.
Für Hans-Joachim Heintze vom Institut für Friedenssicherungsrecht und Humanitäres Völkerrecht an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum wird Guantánamo in die Geschichte eingehen: „Als Beispiel dafür, wie wir islamische Menschen anders behandeln.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- vlökerrecht
- vvölkerrecht
- vöklerrecht
- völekrrecht
- völkerecht
- völkerercht
- völkerrceht
- völkerreccht
- völkerrechht
- völkerrechtt
- völkerrecth
- völkerrehct
- völkkerrecht
- völkrerecht
- völlkerrecht
- övlkerrecht
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Völkerrecht - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Völkerrecht", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Völkerrechts". View pair
- 16 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #15,519 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "V" letter cohort. V–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.