Volljährigkeit
[ˈfɔljɛːʁɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Volljährigkeit” has 20 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #39,707. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,707
- frequency rank, German
- 49,639
- “V” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zustand des gesetzlichen Erwachsenseins, der heutzutage in Deutschland und den meisten westlichen Ländern mit der Vollendung des achtzehnten Lebensjahres eintritt
Corpus desk
Index DE-volljahrigkeit · Volljährigkeit · German
Volljährigkeit · rank #39,707 · 20 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,707
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 49,639
- PHOTO-FINISH vitale
Nearest frequency peer: vitale (-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 “Volljährigkeit”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- viking
viking
60,297 corpus weight
- Vitae
Vitae
60,296 corpus weight
- vitale
vitale
60,295 corpus weight
- Volljährigk…
Volljährigkeit
60,294 corpus weight
- vorbehaltli…
vorbehaltlich
60,293 corpus weight
- Vorschuss
Vorschuss
60,292 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Volljährigkeit” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Volljährigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɔljɛːʁɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #39,707 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Volljährigkeit” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around Volljährigkeit (IPA [ˈfɔljɛːʁɪçkaɪ̯t]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,707 among 49,639 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Zustand des gesetzlichen Erwachsenseins, der heutzutage in Deutschland und den meisten westlichen Ländern mit der Vollendung des achtzehnten Lebensjahres eintritt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for Volljährigkeit, with forms such as "ovlljährigkeit", "vloljährigkeit", and "voljlährigkeit". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Volljährigkeit, spelled V-O-L-L-J-Ä-H-R-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Zustand des gesetzlichen Erwachsenseins, der heutzutage in Deutschland und den meisten westlichen Ländern mit der Vollendung des achtzehnten Lebensjahres eintritt
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ovlljährigkeit
- vloljährigkeit
- voljlährigkeit
- voljährigkeit
- volljhärigkeit
- volljjährigkeit
- volljähhrigkeit
- volljähirgkeit
- volljährgikeit
- volljährigekit
- volljähriggkeit
- volljährigkeitt
- volljährigketi
- volljährigkiet
- volljährigkkeit
- volljährikgeit
- volljährrigkeit
- volljärhigkeit
- volläjhrigkeit
- vvolljährigkeit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Volljährigkeit - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Volljährigkeit", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).
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.