Vorauszahlung

[foˈʁaʊ̯sˌt͡saːlʊŋ]

/[foˈʁaʊ̯sˌt͡saːlʊŋ]/ noun

The verdict

“Vorauszahlung” is uncommon German (frequency #68,860 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,860
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Begleichung einer Rechnung vor Erhalt des vereinbarten Objekts

Corpus desk

Index DE-vorauszahlung · Vorauszahlung · German

Vorauszahlung · rank #68,860 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,860
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH voranzukommen

Nearest frequency peer: voranzukommen (-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 „Vorauszahlung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Vorauszahlung
PropertyValue
HeadwordVorauszahlung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[foˈʁaʊ̯sˌt͡saːlʊŋ]
Letters13
Frequency rank#68,860
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Vorauszahlung“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Vorauszahlungfällt 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: „voranzukommen“ (#68,859), „Volontär“ (#68,858), „Vorlaufzeit“ (#68,862). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Vorauszahlung“ bei #68,860. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Vorauszahlung is uncommon German at frequency #68,860 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [foˈʁaʊ̯sˌt͡saːlʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Begleichung einer Rechnung vor Erhalt des vereinbarten Objekts".

Zero misspellings are on record for Vorauszahlung in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Vorauszahlung, spelled V-O-R-A-U-S-Z-A-H-L-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Begleichung einer Rechnung vor Erhalt des vereinbarten Objekts

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Als Beweisstück hatte dieser Bauer aus Wislouchowo hundert Rubel in Banknoten mitgebracht, die ihm als Vorauszahlung für eine Heulieferung eingehändigt worden waren.“

This word in other languages

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 "Vorauszahlung"?
"Vorauszahlung" is spelled V-O-R-A-U-S-Z-A-H-L-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [foˈʁaʊ̯sˌt͡saːlʊŋ].
What does "Vorauszahlung" mean?
As a noun, "Vorauszahlung" means: Begleichung einer Rechnung vor Erhalt des vereinbarten Objekts
How do you pronounce "Vorauszahlung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vorauszahlung" is [foˈʁaʊ̯sˌt͡saːlʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Vorauszahlung" come from?
"Vorauszahlung" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list