vorhersehen

[foːɐ̯ˈheːɐ̯ˌzeːən]

/[foːɐ̯ˈheːɐ̯ˌzeːən]/ verb

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The verdict

“vorhersehen” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,617. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,617
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Ereignis in der Zukunft bereits vorher erkennen / prognostizieren

Corpus desk

Index DE-vorhersehen · vorhersehen · German

vorhersehen · rank #43,617 · 17 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,617
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vorherrscht

Nearest frequency peer: vorherrscht (-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 „vorhersehen“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „vorhersehen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

vorhersehen vs vorgesehen
82% similar
vorhersehen vs Vorhersagen
73% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for vorhersehen
PropertyValue
Headwordvorhersehen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[foːɐ̯ˈheːɐ̯ˌzeːən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#43,617
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „vorhersehen“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).vorhersehenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „vorherrscht“ (#43,616), „vorläufiger“ (#43,618), „Vorderrad“ (#43,615). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „vorhersehen“ bei #43,617. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around vorhersehen (IPA [foːɐ̯ˈheːɐ̯ˌzeːən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,617 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ein Ereignis in der Zukunft bereits vorher erkennen / prognostizieren".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for vorhersehen, with forms such as "ovrhersehen", "vohrersehen", and "vorehrsehen". 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. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "vorgesehen", "Vorhersagen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is vorhersehen, spelled V-O-R-H-E-R-S-E-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Ereignis in der Zukunft bereits vorher erkennen / prognostizieren

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how vorhersehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Hatte Goethe recht? Ist es unsere Gegenwart, die er vorhergesehen hat?“
  2. „[Der Graphic Novel] 'The Utopia Experiments' wird nachgesagt, die schlimmsten Katastrophen des späten 20. Jahrhunderts vorhergesehen zu haben.“

Synonyms

vorhersagenprognostizieren

This word in other languages

foresee(English)prévoir(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ovrhersehen
  • vohrersehen
  • vorehrsehen
  • vorhereshen
  • vorherrsehen
  • vorherseehn
  • vorhersehenn
  • vorhersehhen
  • vorhersehne
  • vorhersheen
  • vorherssehen
  • vorhesrehen
  • vorhhersehen
  • vorhresehen
  • vorrhersehen
  • vrohersehen
  • vvorhersehen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vorhersehen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ovrhersehen2vohrersehen2vorehrsehen2vorhereshen2vorherrsehen1vorherseehn2vorhersehenn1vorhersehhen1
Edit distance from "vorhersehen"

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 "vorhersehen"?
"vorhersehen" is spelled V-O-R-H-E-R-S-E-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [foːɐ̯ˈheːɐ̯ˌzeːən].
What does "vorhersehen" mean?
As a verb, "vorhersehen" means: ein Ereignis in der Zukunft bereits vorher erkennen / prognostizieren
What words are commonly confused with "vorhersehen"?
"vorhersehen" is commonly confused with "vorgesehen", "Vorhersagen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vorhersehen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vorhersehen" is [foːɐ̯ˈheːɐ̯ˌzeːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vorhersehen" come from?
"vorhersehen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vorherrscht#43,616vorläufiger#43,618Wahlkampfes#43,623Videokamera#43,609

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

Waffengesetz17 variantsWassermelone17 variantsVerfügungen17 variantsUmwälzungen17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list