Vormundschaft
[ˈfoːɐ̯mʊntʃaft]
The verdict
“Vormundschaft” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #34,980 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #34,980
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
- 22
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - durch ein Gericht angeordnete Fürsorge für eine Person, die nicht geschäftsfähig ist, und deren Vermögen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vormundschaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯mʊntʃaft] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #34,980 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Vormundschaft” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Vormundschaft is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfoːɐ̯mʊntʃaft]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,980 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "durch ein Gericht angeordnete Fürsorge für eine Person, die nicht geschäftsfähig ist, und deren Vermögen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vormundschaft, with forms such as "ovrmundschaft", "vomrundschaft", and "vormmundschaft". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Vormundschaft, spelled V-O-R-M-U-N-D-S-C-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1durch ein Gericht angeordnete Fürsorge für eine Person, die nicht geschäftsfähig ist, und deren Vermögen
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ovrmundschaft,vomrundschaft,vormmundschaft,vormnudschaft,vormudnschaft,vormundcshaft,vormunddschaft,vormundscahft,vormundscchaft,vormundschafft,vormundschaftt,vormundschatf,vormundschfat,vormundschhaft,vormundshcaft,vormundsschaft,vormunndschaft,vormunsdchaft,vorrmundschaft,vorumndschaft,vromundschaft,vvormundschaft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Vormundschaft - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Vormundschaft”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-O-R-M-U-N-D-S-C-H-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfoːɐ̯mʊntʃaft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.