Vorschulalter
[ˈfoːɐ̯ʃuːlˌʔaltɐ]
The verdict
“Vorschulalter” is uncommon German (frequency #79,914 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,914
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lebensalter, in dem Kinder typischerweise eine Vorschule besuchen (letztes Jahr vor Beginn der Schulpflicht)
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorschulalter · Vorschulalter · German
Vorschulalter · rank #79,914 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,914
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vorrangigen
Nearest frequency peer: vorrangigen (-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 „Vorschulalter“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Vorhängesch…
Vorhängeschloss
20,090 corpus weight
- vorlas
vorlas
20,089 corpus weight
- vorrangigen
vorrangigen
20,088 corpus weight
- Vorschulalt…
Vorschulalter
20,087 corpus weight
- Vroni
Vroni
20,085 corpus weight
- Waal
Waal
20,084 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vorschulalter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vorschulalter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ʃuːlˌʔaltɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #79,914 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vorschulalter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vorschulalter is uncommon German at frequency #79,914 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ʃuːlˌʔaltɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lebensalter, in dem Kinder typischerweise eine Vorschule besuchen (letztes Jahr vor Beginn der Schulpflicht)".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Vorschulalter, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Vorschulalter, spelled V-O-R-S-C-H-U-L-A-L-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Lebensalter, in dem Kinder typischerweise eine Vorschule besuchen (letztes Jahr vor Beginn der Schulpflicht)
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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