Vorgänger
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡɛŋɐ]
The verdict
“Vorgänger” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,130. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,130
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die jemandes Amt, Stellung oder Ähnliches zuvor innehatte
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorganger · Vorgänger · German
Vorgänger · rank #5,130 · 14 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,130
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH veröffentlich…
Nearest frequency peer: veröffentlichen (-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 „Vorgänger“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- verpassen
verpassen
94,874 corpus weight
- verwandelt
verwandelt
94,873 corpus weight
- veröffentli…
veröffentlichen
94,872 corpus weight
- Vorgänger
Vorgänger
94,871 corpus weight
- vorliegen
vorliegen
94,870 corpus weight
- wider
wider
94,869 corpus weight
What this shows „Vorgänger“ 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 | Vorgänger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡɛŋɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #5,130 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Vorgänger“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Vorgänger (IPA [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡɛŋɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,130 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vorgänger, with forms such as "ovrgänger", "vogränger", and "vorggänger". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Vorhänge", "Vorgangs", "Vorgängers", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Vorgänger, spelled V-O-R-G-Ä-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die jemandes Amt, Stellung oder Ähnliches zuvor innehatte
- 2die nächstkleinere Zahl in einer gegebenen Menge (meist der ganzen Zahlen)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vorgänger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mein Vorgänger hat den Aktenschrank vollkommen verwahrlosen lassen.
„Auf gestickte Monogramme sollte man ebenfalls verzichten, denn künftige Lebensabschnittsgefährten schlafen nicht gerne in Bettbezügen mit den Initialen ihrer Vorgänger.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ovrgänger
- vogränger
- vorggänger
- vorgnäger
- vorgägner
- vorgänegr
- vorgängerr
- vorgängger
- vorgängre
- vorgännger
- vorrgänger
- vorägnger
- vrogänger
- vvorgänger
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Vorgänger - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Vorgänger", 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 (14 here; floor ≥5).