Vorsitzende
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzɪt͡sn̩də]
The verdict
“Vorsitzende” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #4,314 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,314
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - weibliche Person, die die Leitung und Verantwortung eines Vereins, einer Partei, einer Organisation oder Ähnliches innehat
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 | Vorsitzende |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzɪt͡sn̩də] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #4,314 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Vorsitzende” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Vorsitzende is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzɪt͡sn̩də]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,314 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "weibliche Person, die die Leitung und Verantwortung eines Vereins, einer Partei, einer Organisation oder Ähnliches innehat".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vorsitzende, with forms such as "ovrsitzende", "voristzende", and "vorrsitzende". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Vorsitzender", "Vorsitzenden", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Vorsitzende, spelled V-O-R-S-I-T-Z-E-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1weibliche Person, die die Leitung und Verantwortung eines Vereins, einer Partei, einer Organisation oder Ähnliches innehat
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ovrsitzende,voristzende,vorrsitzende,vorsiteznde,vorsittzende,vorsitzedne,vorsitzendde,vorsitzened,vorsitzennde,vorsitznede,vorsitzzende,vorsiztende,vorssitzende,vorstizende,vosritzende,vrositzende,vvorsitzende
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Vorsitzende - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Vorsitzende”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-O-R-S-I-T-Z-E-N-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzɪt͡sn̩də] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Vorsitzender” - see the side-by-side comparison. Vorsitzende vs Vorsitzender
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
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.