vortrefflich
[foːɐ̯ˈtʁɛflɪç]
The verdict
“vortrefflich” is uncommon German (frequency #51,010 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,010
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in besonderer (zum Wohle dienender) Weise
Corpus desk
Index DE-vortrefflich · vortrefflich · German
vortrefflich · rank #51,010 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,010
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vorsätzlicher
Nearest frequency peer: vorsätzlicher (-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 „vortrefflich“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- vorbereiten…
vorbereitenden
48,994 corpus weight
- vorbestellen
vorbestellen
48,993 corpus weight
- vorsätzlich…
vorsätzlicher
48,992 corpus weight
- vortrefflich
vortrefflich
48,991 corpus weight
- vulgo
vulgo
48,990 corpus weight
- Waben
Waben
48,988 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „vortrefflich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vortrefflich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [foːɐ̯ˈtʁɛflɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #51,010 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vortrefflich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vortrefflich is uncommon German at frequency #51,010 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [foːɐ̯ˈtʁɛflɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in besonderer (zum Wohle dienender) Weise".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for vortrefflich, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 vortrefflich, spelled V-O-R-T-R-E-F-F-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1in besonderer (zum Wohle dienender) Weise
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vortrefflich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nach der Ersten Türkenbelagerung (1529) bot die Dominikanerkirche einen recht merkwürdigen Eindruck: das Presbyterium und ein Teil des Kirchenschiffs waren den Verteidigungsmaßnahmen zum Opfer gefallen und hatten sich in eine mächtige Stellung verwandelt, die das Stadtinnere vortrefflich schützte.“
„Der Herzog von Guise war auch ein vortrefflicher Schütze, aber dabei ein vortrefflicher Hofmann.“
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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