Vorwahl
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌvaːl]
The verdict
“Vorwahl” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,854. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,854
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nummer für bestimmte Orte und Länder, die der eigentlichen Telefonnummer vorangestellt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorwahl · Vorwahl · German
Vorwahl · rank #32,854 · 11 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,854
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Vorstellungsk…
Nearest frequency peer: Vorstellungskraft (-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 „Vorwahl“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- vorgetragen…
vorgetragenen
67,150 corpus weight
- vorstehenden
vorstehenden
67,149 corpus weight
- Vorstellung…
Vorstellungskraft
67,148 corpus weight
- Vorwahl
Vorwahl
67,147 corpus weight
- vorwirft
vorwirft
67,146 corpus weight
- voten
voten
67,145 corpus weight
What this shows „Vorwahl“ 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 | Vorwahl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌvaːl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #32,854 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Vorwahl“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Vorwahl (IPA [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌvaːl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,854 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Vorwahl, with forms such as "ovrwahl", "vorawhl", and "vorrwahl". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Vorwand", "Vorwahlen", "vorsah", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Vorwahl, spelled V-O-R-W-A-H-L.
Definition
- 1Nummer für bestimmte Orte und Länder, die der eigentlichen Telefonnummer vorangestellt wird
- 2Wahl zur Ermittlung von Kandidaten für eine bestimmte Wahl
- 3vorläufige Auswahl
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vorwahl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er kannte die Vorwahl von Bamberg auswendig.
„Aber manchmal, glaube ich, hebt sie einfach nicht ab, wenn sie die Telefonnummer mit der österreichischen Vorwahl sieht.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ovrwahl
- vorawhl
- vorrwahl
- vorwahhl
- vorwahll
- vorwalh
- vorwhal
- vorwwahl
- vowrahl
- vrowahl
- vvorwahl
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Vorwahl - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).