vorherrschen

/[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhɛʁʃn̩]/ verb

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#58,427

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

vorherrschen is aGermanverb. It means: stärker oder weiter verbreitet als etwas Ähnliches sein Pronounced [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhɛʁʃn̩].

Key facts for vorherrschen
PropertyValue
Headwordvorherrschen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhɛʁʃn̩]
Letters12
Frequency rank#58,427
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of vorherrschen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for vorherrschen is 12 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhɛʁʃn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #58,427 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "stärker oder weiter verbreitet als etwas Ähnliches sein".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for vorherrschen in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is vorherrschen, spelled V-O-R-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    stärker oder weiter verbreitet als etwas Ähnliches sein

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #58,427 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vorherrschen"?
"vorherrschen" is spelled V-O-R-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhɛʁʃn̩].
What does "vorherrschen" mean?
As a verb, "vorherrschen" means: stärker oder weiter verbreitet als etwas Ähnliches sein
How do you pronounce "vorherrschen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vorherrschen" is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhɛʁʃn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vorherrschen" come from?
"vorherrschen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.