Vorarlberg
[foːɐ̯ˈʔaʁlbɛʁk]
The verdict
“Vorarlberg” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #9,658 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #9,658
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Bundesland der Republik Österreich
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 | Vorarlberg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [foːɐ̯ˈʔaʁlbɛʁk] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #9,658 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Vorarlberg” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Vorarlberg is 10 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [foːɐ̯ˈʔaʁlbɛʁk]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,658 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein Bundesland der Republik Österreich".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vorarlberg, with forms such as "ovrarlberg", "voarrlberg", and "voralrberg". 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, "Vorarlberger", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Vorarlberg, spelled V-O-R-A-R-L-B-E-R-G.
Definition
- 1ein Bundesland der Republik Österreich
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ovrarlberg,voarrlberg,voralrberg,vorarblerg,vorarlbberg,vorarlbegr,vorarlbergg,vorarlberrg,vorarlbreg,vorarlebrg,vorarllberg,vorarrlberg,vorralberg,vorrarlberg,vroarlberg,vvorarlberg
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Vorarlberg - 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.
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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Using “Vorarlberg”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-O-R-A-R-L-B-E-R-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [foːɐ̯ˈʔaʁlbɛʁk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Vorarlberger” - see the side-by-side comparison. Vorarlberg vs Vorarlberger
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.