Vorhängeschloss
[ˈfoːɐ̯hɛŋəˌʃlɔs]
The verdict
“Vorhängeschloss” is uncommon German (frequency #79,911 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,911
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht integriertes Schloss, das einfache Verschlüsse mit einem festgestellten Bügel verschließt
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorhangeschloss · Vorhängeschloss · German
Vorhängeschloss · rank #79,911 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,911
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vorgebrachte
Nearest frequency peer: vorgebrachte (-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 „Vorhängeschloss“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- vorgearbeit…
vorgearbeitet
20,092 corpus weight
- vorgebrachte
vorgebrachte
20,091 corpus weight
- Vorhängesch…
Vorhängeschloss
20,090 corpus weight
- vorlas
vorlas
20,089 corpus weight
- vorrangigen
vorrangigen
20,088 corpus weight
- Vorschulalt…
Vorschulalter
20,087 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vorhängeschloss“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vorhängeschloss |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯hɛŋəˌʃlɔs] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #79,911 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vorhängeschloss“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vorhängeschloss is uncommon German at frequency #79,911 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯hɛŋəˌʃlɔs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht integriertes Schloss, das einfache Verschlüsse mit einem festgestellten Bügel verschließt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Vorhängeschloss in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Vorhängeschloss, spelled V-O-R-H-Ä-N-G-E-S-C-H-L-O-S-S.
Definition
- 1nicht integriertes Schloss, das einfache Verschlüsse mit einem festgestellten Bügel verschließt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Vorhängeschloss appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Scheunentor war nur mit einem alten Vorhängeschloss gesichert.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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