Vorbau
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌbaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Vorbau” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,107. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,107
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gebäudeteil, der aus dem eigentlichen Kerngebäude herausragt
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorbau · Vorbau · German
Vorbau · rank #47,107 · 8 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,107
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH voor
Nearest frequency peer: voor (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Vorbau“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Volley
Volley
52,896 corpus weight
- voor
voor
52,895 corpus weight
- Vorbau
Vorbau
52,894 corpus weight
- vorbeiziehen
vorbeiziehen
52,893 corpus weight
- vorgefertig…
vorgefertigte
52,892 corpus weight
- vorgelagert…
vorgelagerten
52,891 corpus weight
What this shows „Vorbau“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Vorbau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌbaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #47,107 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Vorbau“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Vorbau (IPA [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌbaʊ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,107 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vorbau, with forms such as "ovrbau", "vobrau", and "vorabu". 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. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "vorbei", "Vorrat", "Vortag", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Vorbau, spelled V-O-R-B-A-U.
Definition
- 1Gebäudeteil, der aus dem eigentlichen Kerngebäude herausragt
- 2Bautechnik, bei der einzelne Bauteile wie beispielsweise Teile einer Brücke in der Bauphase vorgebaut werden, ehe sie in das bauliche Gesamtgefüge integriert werden
- 3großer Busen
- 4Bauteil, das Lenker und Fahrradgabel verbindet
- 5niedere Abdeckung vor dem Lokkasten oder dem Mittelführerstand
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vorbau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir treffen uns im Vorbau.
Die Brücke wurde von beiden Seiten in freiem Vorbau errichtet.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ovrbau
- vobrau
- vorabu
- vorbbau
- vorbua
- vorrbau
- vrobau
- vvorbau
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Vorbau - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Vorbau", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).