Vorfreude
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌfʁɔɪ̯də]
The verdict
“Vorfreude” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #11,564 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,564
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - heitere Stimmung in Erwartung eines positiven Ereignisses
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vorfreude |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌfʁɔɪ̯də] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #11,564 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Vorfreude” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Vorfreude is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌfʁɔɪ̯də]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,564 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "heitere Stimmung in Erwartung eines positiven Ereignisses".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vorfreude, with forms such as "ovrfreude", "vofrreude", and "vorferude". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Vorfreude, spelled V-O-R-F-R-E-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1heitere Stimmung in Erwartung eines positiven Ereignisses
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ovrfreude,vofrreude,vorferude,vorffreude,vorfredue,vorfreudde,vorfreued,vorfrreude,vorfruede,vorrfeude,vorrfreude,vrofreude,vvorfreude
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Vorfreude - 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 “Vorfreude”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-O-R-F-R-E-U-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌfʁɔɪ̯də] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.