vorspielen
Letters
10 characters
Frequency Rank
#43,620
in German word usage
Misspellings
15
tracked variants
Confusables
2
similar word pairs
vorspielen is aGermanverb. It means: etwas Musikalisches vorführen Pronounced [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃpiːlən]. Often confused with Vorspiel and verspielen.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vorspielen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃpiːlən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #43,620 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for vorspielen is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃpiːlən]. Corpus data places it at rank #43,620 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for vorspielen, with forms such as "ovrspielen", "vorpsielen", and "vorrspielen". 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, "Vorspiel", "verspielen", 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 vorspielen, spelled V-O-R-S-P-I-E-L-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1etwas Musikalisches vorführen
- 2vorführen, wie man eine Theaterszene anlegt oder ein Instrument benutzt, so dass es jemand anders dann nachmachen kann
- 3probehalber zeigen, wie gut man ein Instrument oder eine Rolle beherrscht, meist um ein Engagement zu bekommen
- 4ein Gerät mit einer Bild- oder Tonaufnahme laufen lassen
- 5etwas vortäuschen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ovrspielen,vorpsielen,vorrspielen,vorsipelen,vorspeilen,vorspieeln,vorspielenn,vorspiellen,vorspielne,vorspileen,vorsppielen,vorsspielen,vosrpielen,vrospielen,vvorspielen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vorspielen
Misspelling Variants of "vorspielen"
Frequency rank: #43,620 in German
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Nearby German words
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