Vorsehung

/[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzeːʊŋ]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,953

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Vorsehung is aGermannoun. It means: höhere Macht, die die einzelnen Ereignisse, die einem Menschen widerfahren, anordnet (meist letztlich zum Guten hin) Pronounced [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzeːʊŋ]. Often confused with Vorsprung and vorsehen.

Key facts for Vorsehung
PropertyValue
HeadwordVorsehung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzeːʊŋ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#40,953
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Vorsehung in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Vorsehung is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzeːʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #40,953 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "höhere Macht, die die einzelnen Ereignisse, die einem Menschen widerfahren, anordnet (meist letztlich zum Guten hin)".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for Vorsehung, with forms such as "ovrsehung", "voreshung", and "vorrsehung". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Vorsprung", "vorsehen", "Vorlesung", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Vorsehung, spelled V-O-R-S-E-H-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    höhere Macht, die die einzelnen Ereignisse, die einem Menschen widerfahren, anordnet (meist letztlich zum Guten hin)

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ovrsehung,voreshung,vorrsehung,vorsehhung,vorsehnug,vorsehugn,vorsehungg,vorsehunng,vorseuhng,vorsheung,vorssehung,vosrehung,vrosehung,vvorsehung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Vorsehung

Misspelling Variants of "Vorsehung"

ovrsehung9voreshung9vorrsehung10vorsehhung10vorsehnug9vorsehugn9vorsehungg10vorsehunng10
Misspelling Variants of "Vorsehung"

Frequency rank: #40,953 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Vorsehung"?
"Vorsehung" is spelled V-O-R-S-E-H-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzeːʊŋ].
What does "Vorsehung" mean?
As a noun, "Vorsehung" means: höhere Macht, die die einzelnen Ereignisse, die einem Menschen widerfahren, anordnet (meist letztlich zum Guten hin)
What words are commonly confused with "Vorsehung"?
"Vorsehung" is commonly confused with "Vorsprung", "vorsehen", "Vorlesung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Vorsehung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vorsehung" is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzeːʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Vorsehung" come from?
"Vorsehung" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.