Vorrede
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁeːdə]
The verdict
“Vorrede” is uncommon German (frequency #61,172 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,172
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einleitende Worte (bevor ein eigentlicher Beitrag kommt)
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorrede · Vorrede · German
Vorrede · rank #61,172 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,172
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vorlieb
Nearest frequency peer: vorlieb (-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 „Vorrede“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- vorband
vorband
38,832 corpus weight
- voreiligen
voreiligen
38,831 corpus weight
- vorlieb
vorlieb
38,830 corpus weight
- Vorrede
Vorrede
38,829 corpus weight
- Vorwurfs
Vorwurfs
38,828 corpus weight
- vorübergehen
vorübergehen
38,827 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vorrede“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vorrede |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁeːdə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,172 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vorrede“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vorrede is uncommon German at frequency #61,172 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁeːdə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Vorrede has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Vorrede, spelled V-O-R-R-E-D-E.
Definition
- 1einleitende Worte (bevor ein eigentlicher Beitrag kommt)
- 2vorab gegebene Information (oft zu organisatorischen Fragen oder besserem Einstimmen auf ein Thema)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vorrede appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die „drei außerordentlichen Menschen“, wie sie Schiller in seiner Vorrede zu den „Räubern“ nennt, werden uns als die degenerierten Abkömmlinge eines alten, zum Aussterben bestimmten Geschlechtes gezeigt.“
„Man sieht, daß in dieser Mitteilung des für die Druckerlaubnis zuständigen Riccardi die Veranlassung und Ursache für die verlogene Heuchelei in der Vorrede zu Galileis Werk gegeben ist.“
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).