vorerst
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʔeːɐ̯st]
The verdict
“vorerst” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #4,475 in German word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #4,475
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - fürs Erste, erst einmal, unter dem Vorbehalt, dass es sich ändern wird
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 | vorerst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʔeːɐ̯st] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,475 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vorerst” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for vorerst is 7 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʔeːɐ̯st]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,475 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "fürs Erste, erst einmal, unter dem Vorbehalt, dass es sich ändern wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for vorerst, with forms such as "ovrerst", "voerrst", and "vorerrst". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Vorrat", "Vorort", "vererbt", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 vorerst, spelled V-O-R-E-R-S-T.
Definition
- 1fürs Erste, erst einmal, unter dem Vorbehalt, dass es sich ändern wird
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ovrerst,voerrst,vorerrst,vorersst,vorerstt,vorerts,voresrt,vorrerst,vorrest,vroerst,vvorerst
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vorerst - 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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Using “vorerst”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-O-R-E-R-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʔeːɐ̯st] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Vorrat” - see the side-by-side comparison. vorerst vs Vorrat
- 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.