Vorlage

/[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlaːɡə]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,011

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Vorlage is aGermannoun. It means: Hilfsmittel zur Erstellung ähnlicher Stücke (materiell oder informationstechnisch) Pronounced [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlaːɡə]. It ranks #4,011 in German word frequency. Often confused with Vortag and voyage.

Key facts for Vorlage
PropertyValue
HeadwordVorlage
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlaːɡə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,011
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Vorlage is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlaːɡə]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,011 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Vorlage, with forms such as "ovrlage", "volrage", and "voralge". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Vortag", "voyage", "Vorname", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Vorlage, spelled V-O-R-L-A-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hilfsmittel zur Erstellung ähnlicher Stücke (materiell oder informationstechnisch)
  2. 2
    Original, nach dem eine Nachahmung erstellt wurde
  3. 3
    historisches oder literarisches Thema, das aufgegriffen und weiterverarbeitet wird
  4. 4
    ein Pass, der den Angespielten eine große Chance bietet, ein Tor zu erzielen
  5. 5
    ein Pass, der den Angespielten eine große Chance bietet, ein Tor zu erzielen
  6. 6
    ein zur Beratung veröffentlichter Entwurf, zum Beispiel eine Gesetzesvorlage
  7. 7
    Vorgefäß bei einer Destillation
  8. 8
    das Vorlegen einer Geldsumme; das Vorzeigen eines Dokuments
  9. 9
    saugfähiges Material, das in die Unterwäsche gelegt, Urin oder Blut aufnimmt
  10. 10
    Verlagerung des Körpergewichts nach vorne

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ovrlage,volrage,voralge,vorlaeg,vorlagge,vorlgae,vorllage,vorrlage,vrolage,vvorlage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Vorlage

Misspelling Variants of "Vorlage"

ovrlage7volrage7voralge7vorlaeg7vorlagge8vorlgae7vorllage8vorrlage8
Misspelling Variants of "Vorlage"

Frequency rank: #4,011 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Vorlage"?
"Vorlage" is spelled V-O-R-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlaːɡə].
What does "Vorlage" mean?
As a noun, "Vorlage" means: Hilfsmittel zur Erstellung ähnlicher Stücke (materiell oder informationstechnisch)
What words are commonly confused with "Vorlage"?
"Vorlage" is commonly confused with "Vortag", "voyage", "Vorname". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Vorlage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vorlage" is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlaːɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Vorlage" come from?
"Vorlage" 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.