vorbeugen
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌbɔɪ̯ɡn̩]
The verdict
“vorbeugen” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,955. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,955
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Eintritt eines meist negativen möglichen Ereignisses der Zukunft durch Maßnahmen in der Gegenwart verhindern
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorbeugen · vorbeugen · German
vorbeugen · rank #22,955 · 13 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,955
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Viersen
Nearest frequency peer: Viersen (-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 „vorbeugen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- verstopft
verstopft
77,049 corpus weight
- vielseitige
vielseitige
77,048 corpus weight
- Viersen
Viersen
77,047 corpus weight
- vorbeugen
vorbeugen
77,046 corpus weight
- Vorherrscha…
Vorherrschaft
77,045 corpus weight
- Vorlauf
Vorlauf
77,044 corpus weight
What this shows „vorbeugen“ 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 | vorbeugen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌbɔɪ̯ɡn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #22,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „vorbeugen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around vorbeugen (IPA [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌbɔɪ̯ɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,955 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for vorbeugen, with forms such as "ovrbeugen", "vobreugen", and "vorbbeugen". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "vorlegen", "Vorzügen", "vorzeigen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is vorbeugen, spelled V-O-R-B-E-U-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1den Eintritt eines meist negativen möglichen Ereignisses der Zukunft durch Maßnahmen in der Gegenwart verhindern
- 2sich oder einen Körperteil nach vorne beugen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vorbeugen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Herzerkrankung wurde durch regelmäßigen Sport vorgebeugt.
Manchen Infektionen kann man durch Impfungen vorbeugen.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ovrbeugen
- vobreugen
- vorbbeugen
- vorbeguen
- vorbeuegn
- vorbeugenn
- vorbeuggen
- vorbeugne
- vorbuegen
- vorebugen
- vorrbeugen
- vrobeugen
- vvorbeugen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vorbeugen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "vorbeugen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).