Vorläufer
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlɔɪ̯fɐ]
The verdict
“Vorläufer” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #17,179. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,179
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wegbereiter
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorlaufer · Vorläufer · German
Vorläufer · rank #17,179 · 13 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,179
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Vizemeister
Nearest frequency peer: Vizemeister (-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 „Vorläufer“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- vielseitig
vielseitig
82,825 corpus weight
- Vizemeister
Vizemeister
82,823 corpus weight
- Vorläufer
Vorläufer
82,822 corpus weight
- vorzubeugen
vorzubeugen
82,821 corpus weight
- Waffenruhe
Waffenruhe
82,820 corpus weight
- Wahlperiode
Wahlperiode
82,819 corpus weight
What this shows „Vorläufer“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vorläufer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlɔɪ̯fɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #17,179 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Vorläufer“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Vorläufer (IPA [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlɔɪ̯fɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,179 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vorläufer, with forms such as "ovrläufer", "volräufer", and "vorlläufer". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "vorläufig", "vorläufiger", "Vorlauf", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Vorläufer, spelled V-O-R-L-Ä-U-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1Wegbereiter
- 2jemand, der einen Bewerb vor den gewerteten Sportlern bestreitet
- 3Anfangs- oder Endstreifen eines Gewebebandes
- 4etwas, das einen Teil der Eigenschaften einer später aufkommenden Sache bietet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vorläufer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Vorläufer dieser Kunstrichtung waren wenig bekannt.
„Nein, es war nicht Grimm, sondern Arthur Schopenhauer, der Philosoph des Pessimismus und – als Vorläufer unserer Sprachkritik – natürlich auch ein abgrundtiefer Sprachpessimist.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ovrläufer
- volräufer
- vorlläufer
- vorluäfer
- vorläfuer
- vorläuefr
- vorläuferr
- vorläuffer
- vorläufre
- vorrläufer
- vorälufer
- vroläufer
- vvorläufer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Vorläufer - 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.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).