vorherrschend

[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhɛʁʃn̩t]

/[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhɛʁʃn̩t]/ verb

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The verdict

“vorherrschend” is uncommon German (frequency #51,816 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,816
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens des Verbs vorherrschen

Corpus desk

Index DE-vorherrschend · vorherrschend · German

vorherrschend · rank #51,816 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,816
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vorgezogene

Nearest frequency peer: vorgezogene (-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 „vorherrschend“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „vorherrschend“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vorherrschend
PropertyValue
Headwordvorherrschend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhɛʁʃn̩t]
Letters13
Frequency rank#51,816
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „vorherrschend“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).vorherrschendfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „vorgezogene“ (#51,815), „vormerken“ (#51,817), „vorgebeugt“ (#51,814). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „vorherrschend“ bei #51,816. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vorherrschend is uncommon German at frequency #51,816 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhɛʁʃn̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens des Verbs vorherrschen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for vorherrschend, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is vorherrschend, spelled V-O-R-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Präsens des Verbs vorherrschen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vorherrschend"?
"vorherrschend" is spelled V-O-R-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhɛʁʃn̩t].
What does "vorherrschend" mean?
As a verb, "vorherrschend" means: Partizip Präsens des Verbs vorherrschen
How do you pronounce "vorherrschend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vorherrschend" is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhɛʁʃn̩t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vorherrschend" come from?
"vorherrschend" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vorherrschend", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

veröffentlich#51,807Verstümmelung#51,802verstaatlicht#51,800verschuldeten#51,799

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list