vorsorgen
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzɔʁɡn̩]
The verdict
“vorsorgen” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #42,935. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,935
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maßnahmen ergreifen, um zukünftigen negativen Möglichkeiten entgegenzuwirken
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorsorgen · vorsorgen · German
vorsorgen · rank #42,935 · 14 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,935
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vorsichtigen
Nearest frequency peer: vorsichtigen (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „vorsorgen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Vorhalle
Vorhalle
57,069 corpus weight
- Vorrichtung…
Vorrichtungen
57,068 corpus weight
- vorsichtigen
vorsichtigen
57,067 corpus weight
- vorsorgen
vorsorgen
57,066 corpus weight
- Vorwoche
Vorwoche
57,064 corpus weight
- vorzutragen
vorzutragen
57,063 corpus weight
What this shows „vorsorgen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | vorsorgen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzɔʁɡn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #42,935 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „vorsorgen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around vorsorgen (IPA [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzɔʁɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,935 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Maßnahmen ergreifen, um zukünftigen negativen Möglichkeiten entgegenzuwirken".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for vorsorgen, with forms such as "ovrsorgen", "vorosrgen", and "vorrsorgen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Vorsorge", "Vororten", "versorgen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 vorsorgen, spelled V-O-R-S-O-R-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Maßnahmen ergreifen, um zukünftigen negativen Möglichkeiten entgegenzuwirken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vorsorgen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man muss für sein Alter vorsorgen.
„Ich versuche, so gut wie möglich für sie [meine Kinder] vorzusorgen.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ovrsorgen
- vorosrgen
- vorrsorgen
- vorsogren
- vorsoregn
- vorsorgenn
- vorsorggen
- vorsorgne
- vorsorrgen
- vorsrogen
- vorssorgen
- vosrorgen
- vrosorgen
- vvorsorgen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vorsorgen - 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 "vorsorgen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).