Vorderrand

[ˈfɔʁdɐˌʁant]

/[ˈfɔʁdɐˌʁant]/ noun

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The verdict

“Vorderrand” is uncommon German (frequency #91,104 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,104
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vorderer Rand, vordere Kante, Linie, Begrenzung (eines Objekts oder Bereichs)

Corpus desk

Index DE-vorderrand · Vorderrand · German

Vorderrand · rank #91,104 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,104
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vorbringt

Nearest frequency peer: vorbringt (-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 „Vorderrand“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Vorderrand
PropertyValue
HeadwordVorderrand
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfɔʁdɐˌʁant]
Letters10
Frequency rank#91,104
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Vorderrand“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Vorderrandfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „vorbringt“ (#91,103), „Vorderräder“ (#91,105), „vorbestraften“ (#91,102). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Vorderrand“ bei #91,104. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Vorderrand is uncommon German at frequency #91,104 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɔʁdɐˌʁant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vorderer Rand, vordere Kante, Linie, Begrenzung (eines Objekts oder Bereichs)".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Vorderrand, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Vorderrand, spelled V-O-R-D-E-R-R-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    vorderer Rand, vordere Kante, Linie, Begrenzung (eines Objekts oder Bereichs)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Die Vorderflügel sind in der Regel größer und umgreifen mit den nach unten umgeschlagenen Hinterrändern eine Häkchenreihe am Vorderrand der Hinterflügel (Frenulum), so daß die Flügel im Flug verbunden sind […].“

Antonyms

Hinterrand

This word in other languages

leading edge(English)

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 "Vorderrand"?
"Vorderrand" is spelled V-O-R-D-E-R-R-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɔʁdɐˌʁant].
What does "Vorderrand" mean?
As a noun, "Vorderrand" means: vorderer Rand, vordere Kante, Linie, Begrenzung (eines Objekts oder Bereichs)
How do you pronounce "Vorderrand"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vorderrand" is [ˈfɔʁdɐˌʁant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Vorderrand" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list