Vorschlaghammer
[ˈfoːɐ̯ʃlaːkˌhamɐ]
The verdict
“Vorschlaghammer” is uncommon German (frequency #63,923 among 49,639 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,923
- frequency rank, German
- 49,639
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - großer, schwerer Hammer, der zweihändig geführt und vorwiegend für grobe Arbeiten verwendet wird
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vorschlaghammer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ʃlaːkˌhamɐ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #63,923 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Vorschlaghammer” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Vorschlaghammer is uncommon German at frequency #63,923 among 49,639 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ʃlaːkˌhamɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "großer, schwerer Hammer, der zweihändig geführt und vorwiegend für grobe Arbeiten verwendet wird".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Vorschlaghammer, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Vorschlaghammer, spelled V-O-R-S-C-H-L-A-G-H-A-M-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1großer, schwerer Hammer, der zweihändig geführt und vorwiegend für grobe Arbeiten verwendet wird
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-O-R-S-C-H-L-A-G-H-A-M-M-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.