Vorspeisen

[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃpaɪ̯zn̩]

/[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃpaɪ̯zn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Vorspeisen” is uncommon German (frequency #69,870 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,870
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Vorspeise

Corpus desk

Index DE-vorspeisen · Vorspeisen · German

Vorspeisen · rank #69,870 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,870
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Vorpommerns

Nearest frequency peer: Vorpommerns (-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 „Vorspeisen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vorspeisen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Vorspeisen
PropertyValue
HeadwordVorspeisen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃpaɪ̯zn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#69,870
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Vorspeisen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Vorspeisenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Vorpommerns“ (#69,869), „vorteilhafter“ (#69,871), „Vorjahressieger“ (#69,868). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Vorspeisen“ bei #69,870. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Vorspeisen is uncommon German at frequency #69,870 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃpaɪ̯zn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Vorspeisen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Vorspeisen, spelled V-O-R-S-P-E-I-S-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Vorspeise
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Vorspeise
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Vorspeise
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Vorspeise

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Vorspeisen"?
"Vorspeisen" is spelled V-O-R-S-P-E-I-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃpaɪ̯zn̩].
What does "Vorspeisen" mean?
As a noun, "Vorspeisen" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Vorspeise
How do you pronounce "Vorspeisen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vorspeisen" is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃpaɪ̯zn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Vorspeisen" come from?
"Vorspeisen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Vorspeisen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vorgaukeln#69,866wandernden#69,880warmherzig#69,882verärgerte#69,854

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list