Vorrecht

[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁɛçt]

/[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁɛçt]/ noun

The verdict

“Vorrecht” is uncommon German (frequency #56,668 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,668
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Recht, das andere (noch) nicht haben

Corpus desk

Index DE-vorrecht · Vorrecht · German

Vorrecht · rank #56,668 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,668
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vorliegend

Nearest frequency peer: vorliegend (-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 „Vorrecht“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vorrecht“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Vorrecht
PropertyValue
HeadwordVorrecht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁɛçt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,668
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Vorrecht“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Vorrechtfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „vorliegend“ (#56,667), „Vorräten“ (#56,669), „vorkamen“ (#56,666). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Vorrecht“ bei #56,668. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Vorrecht is uncommon German at frequency #56,668 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁɛçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Recht, das andere (noch) nicht haben".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Vorrecht, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Vorrecht, spelled V-O-R-R-E-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Recht, das andere (noch) nicht haben

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Ein Verzicht eines Fußgängers, auf sein Vorrecht nach § 9 Abs 2 StVO ist nur anzunehmen, wenn er durch ein völlig unmißverständliches Verhalten des Fußgängers zum Ausdruck kommt, ganz sicher und unzweifelhaft ist, wie etwa, wenn der Fußgänger bei der Annäherung eines Fahrzeuges am Gehsteig stehen bleibt, ohne Unsicherheit zu zeigen, von der Fahrbahn wied…
  2. „Über das Heilige Grab zu wachen ist das Vorrecht der Griechen.“

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Vorrecht"?
"Vorrecht" is spelled V-O-R-R-E-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁɛçt].
What does "Vorrecht" mean?
As a noun, "Vorrecht" means: Recht, das andere (noch) nicht haben
How do you pronounce "Vorrecht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vorrecht" is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁɛçt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Vorrecht" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list