Volleyballer

[ˈvɔlɛɪ̯ˌbalɐ]

/[ˈvɔlɛɪ̯ˌbalɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Volleyballer” is uncommon German (frequency #91,097 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,097
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spieler des Sportes Volleyball

Corpus desk

Index DE-volleyballer · Volleyballer · German

Volleyballer · rank #91,097 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,097
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Volkswillen

Nearest frequency peer: Volkswillen (-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 „Volleyballer“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Volleyballer
PropertyValue
HeadwordVolleyballer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈvɔlɛɪ̯ˌbalɐ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#91,097
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Volleyballer“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Volleyballerfällt 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: „Volkswillen“ (#91,096), „Volkssturm“ (#91,095), „voluminösen“ (#91,099). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Volleyballer“ bei #91,097. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Volleyballer is uncommon German at frequency #91,097 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɔlɛɪ̯ˌbalɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Spieler des Sportes Volleyball".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Volleyballer, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Volleyballer, spelled V-O-L-L-E-Y-B-A-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Spieler des Sportes Volleyball

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Beachvolleyball spielt man meist mit zwei Volleyballern pro Team.
  2. „Es waren viele, viele junge Volleyballerinnen und Volleyballer in der Johann-Pölz-Halle.“

Synonyms

Volleyballspieler

This word in other languages

volleyeur(Français)

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 "Volleyballer"?
"Volleyballer" is spelled V-O-L-L-E-Y-B-A-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɔlɛɪ̯ˌbalɐ].
What does "Volleyballer" mean?
As a noun, "Volleyballer" means: Spieler des Sportes Volleyball
How do you pronounce "Volleyballer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Volleyballer" is [ˈvɔlɛɪ̯ˌbalɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Volleyballer" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Volleyballer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vorliegender#91,107verwirrender#91,084versöhnliche#91,078Versicherter#91,073

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list