Volksmund
The verdict
“Volksmund” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #22,558 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #22,558
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
Dominant Wiktionary sense: volkstümlicher Sprachgebrauch, umgangssprachliche Kommunikation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Volksmund |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɔlksˌmʊnt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #22,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Volksmund” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Volksmund is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfɔlksˌmʊnt]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,558 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Volksmund, with forms such as "ovlksmund", "vloksmund", and "voklsmund". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Volkskunde", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Volksmund, spelled V-O-L-K-S-M-U-N-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1volkstümlicher Sprachgebrauch, umgangssprachliche Kommunikation
- 2im Volke umlaufende Ausdrücke, Redewendungen oder Redensarten
- 3regional verwendete Bezeichnungen – zum Beispiel für landwirtschaftliche Anwesen (Hausnamen), geographische Gegebenheiten (Fluss, See und Ähnliches), die von den offiziellen beziehungsweise amtlichen Bezeichnungen abweichen
- 4Bauernregeln
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ovlksmund,vloksmund,voklsmund,volkksmund,volkmsund,volksmmund,volksmnud,volksmudn,volksmundd,volksmunnd,volkssmund,volksumnd,vollksmund,volskmund,vvolksmund
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Volksmund — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "Volksmund"
Frequency rank: #22,558 in German
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Using “Volksmund”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-O-L-K-S-M-U-N-D — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfɔlksˌmʊnt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Volkskunde” — see the side-by-side comparison. Volksmund vs Volkskunde
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Nearby German words
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