vors
[foːɐ̯s]
The verdict
“vors” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,042. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,042
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vor das
Corpus desk
Index DE-vors · vors · German
vors · rank #16,042 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,042
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Vorort
Nearest frequency peer: Vorort (-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 „vors“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Volksrepubl…
Volksrepublik
83,962 corpus weight
- vorliegende
vorliegende
83,961 corpus weight
- Vorort
Vorort
83,960 corpus weight
- vors
vors
83,959 corpus weight
- Vortag
Vortag
83,958 corpus weight
- wahrzunehmen
wahrzunehmen
83,957 corpus weight
What this shows „vors“ 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 | vors |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [foːɐ̯s] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #16,042 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „vors“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around vors (IPA [foːɐ̯s]), anabbreviation. Corpus frequency is #16,042 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "vor das".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for vors, with forms such as "ovrs", "vorrs", and "vorss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "VR", "Vox", "vos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is vors, spelled V-O-R-S.
Definition
- 1vor das
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vors appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er ging vors Haus, um den Müll herauszubringen.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ovrs
- vorrs
- vorss
- vosr
- vros
- vvors
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vors - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vors", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).