Vorleser
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌleːzɐ]
The verdict
“Vorleser” is uncommon German (frequency #62,988 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,988
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der anderen etwas vorliest
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorleser · Vorleser · German
Vorleser · rank #62,988 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,988
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Vorkriegszeit
Nearest frequency peer: Vorkriegszeit (-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 „Vorleser“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- vorgehabt
vorgehabt
37,016 corpus weight
- Vorkriegsze…
Vorkriegszeit
37,014 corpus weight
- Vorleser
Vorleser
37,013 corpus weight
- Vorposten
Vorposten
37,012 corpus weight
- vorsingen
vorsingen
37,011 corpus weight
- Vorstädte
Vorstädte
37,010 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vorleser“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vorleser |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌleːzɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,988 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vorleser“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vorleser is uncommon German at frequency #62,988 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌleːzɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der anderen etwas vorliest".
No misspelling variants are generated for Vorleser in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Vorleser, spelled V-O-R-L-E-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der anderen etwas vorliest
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vorleser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Und dabei schämte ich mich gleichzeitig vor den Frauen, die von mir als Vorleser was erwarteten.“
„Und in Karl Kraus als Vorleser ist Canetti diesem Phänomen auch begegnet; vielleicht hat ihm der Cousin dafür die Augen geöffnet.“
This word in other languages
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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