Vorsitzender
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzɪt͡sn̩dɐ]
The verdict
“Vorsitzender” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,473. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,473
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, welche die Leitung und Verantwortung eines Vereins, einer Partei, einer Organisation oder von Ähnlichem innehat
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorsitzender · Vorsitzender · German
Vorsitzender · rank #2,473 · 19 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,473
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vorgestellt
Nearest frequency peer: vorgestellt (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Vorsitzender”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Standort
Standort
97,531 corpus weight
- trug
trug
97,530 corpus weight
- vorgestellt
vorgestellt
97,529 corpus weight
- Vorsitzender
Vorsitzender
97,528 corpus weight
- Weh
Weh
97,527 corpus weight
- wichtigste
wichtigste
97,526 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Vorsitzender” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Vorsitzender |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzɪt͡sn̩dɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #2,473 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Vorsitzender” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around Vorsitzender (IPA [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzɪt͡sn̩dɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,473 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Person, welche die Leitung und Verantwortung eines Vereins, einer Partei, einer Organisation oder von Ähnlichem innehat".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vorsitzender, with forms such as "ovrsitzender", "voristzender", and "vorrsitzender". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Vorsitzende", "Vorsitzenden", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Vorsitzender, spelled V-O-R-S-I-T-Z-E-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, welche die Leitung und Verantwortung eines Vereins, einer Partei, einer Organisation oder von Ähnlichem innehat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vorsitzender appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er wurde zum neuen Vorsitzenden der Partei gewählt.
„Der Vorsitzende sieht die Zeugin durchdringend an.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ovrsitzender
- voristzender
- vorrsitzender
- vorsiteznder
- vorsittzender
- vorsitzedner
- vorsitzendder
- vorsitzenderr
- vorsitzendre
- vorsitzenedr
- vorsitzennder
- vorsitzneder
- vorsitzzender
- vorsiztender
- vorssitzender
- vorstizender
- vosritzender
- vrositzender
- vvorsitzender
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Vorsitzender - 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 "Vorsitzender", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Vorsitzender" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Vorsitzende". View pair
- 19 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,473 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "V" letter cohort. V–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.