voor

[voːr]

/[voːr]/ prep

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The verdict

“voor” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #47,106) as a preposition. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#47,106
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gibt eine zeitliche/örtliche Reihenfolge an

Corpus desk

Index DE-voor · voor · German

voor · rank #47,106 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,106
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Volley

Nearest frequency peer: Volley (-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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „voor“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „voor“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

voor vs VR
0% similar
voor vs vor
75% similar
voor vs Vox
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for voor
PropertyValue
Headwordvoor
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPreposition
IPA[voːr]
Letters4
Frequency rank#47,106
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „voor“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).voorliegt auf dieser Marke:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Volley“ (#47,105), „Vorbau“ (#47,107), „vorbeiziehen“ (#47,108). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „voor“ bei #47,106. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for voor is neighbouring look-alikes ("VR", "vor", …), not just typos; it is apreposition pronounced [voːr]. Frequency #47,106 among 4,163 “V” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for voor, with forms such as "ovor", "voorr", and "voro". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "VR", "vor", "Vox", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is voor, spelled V-O-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    gibt eine zeitliche/örtliche Reihenfolge an
  2. 2
    früher als
  3. 3
    zeigt das Ziel, den Nutzen, den Zweck an
  4. 4
    an der Vorderseite

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De boom staat voor het heggetje.
  2. Dit is voor iedereen die voor 1980 geboren is.

This word in other languages

before(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ovor
  • voorr
  • voro
  • vvoor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of voor - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ovor2voorr1voro2vvoor1
Edit distance from "voor"

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 "voor"?
"voor" is spelled V-O-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [voːr].
What does "voor" mean?
As a preposition, "voor" means: gibt eine zeitliche/örtliche Reihenfolge an
What words are commonly confused with "voor"?
"voor" is commonly confused with "VR", "vor", "Vox". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "voor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "voor" is [voːr]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "voor" come from?
"voor" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

zapp#47,145Zofe#47,152Zulu#47,156tall#47,046

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list