Vortäuschung
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌtɔɪ̯ʃʊŋ]
The verdict
“Vortäuschung” is uncommon German (frequency #96,485 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,485
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verhalten/Behauptung, wodurch ein falscher Eindruck erwecken werden soll
Corpus desk
Index DE-vortauschung · Vortäuschung · German
Vortäuschung · rank #96,485 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,485
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vorzusorgen
Nearest frequency peer: vorzusorgen (+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 „Vortäuschung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- vorfanden
vorfanden
3,520 corpus weight
- Vorkommens
Vorkommens
3,519 corpus weight
- Vortäuschung
Vortäuschung
3,516 corpus weight
- vorzusorgen
vorzusorgen
3,515 corpus weight
- votieren
votieren
3,514 corpus weight
- wagemutig
wagemutig
3,512 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vortäuschung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vortäuschung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌtɔɪ̯ʃʊŋ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #96,485 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vortäuschung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vortäuschung is uncommon German at frequency #96,485 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌtɔɪ̯ʃʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verhalten/Behauptung, wodurch ein falscher Eindruck erwecken werden soll".
Vortäuschung doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Vortäuschung, spelled V-O-R-T-Ä-U-S-C-H-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Verhalten/Behauptung, wodurch ein falscher Eindruck erwecken werden soll
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vortäuschung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Hysterie und Simulation sind von Existenzängsten angetriebene Vortäuschungen von Krankheiten und Hilfsbedürftigkeit.“
Eine Selbstbeschädigung erfolgt nicht selten zum Zweck der Vortäuschung einer Straftat.
This word in other languages
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
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).