vorwerfen
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌvɛʁfn̩]
The verdict
“vorwerfen” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,205. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,205
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem tadelnd sagen, dass er oder sie sich unrichtig verhält oder Fehler macht
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorwerfen · vorwerfen · German
vorwerfen · rank #14,205 · 14 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,205
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verweise
Nearest frequency peer: verweise (-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 „vorwerfen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Verschwendu…
Verschwendung
85,799 corpus weight
- vertraue
vertraue
85,798 corpus weight
- verweise
verweise
85,797 corpus weight
- vorwerfen
vorwerfen
85,796 corpus weight
- Waffenstill…
Waffenstillstand
85,795 corpus weight
- weiterführe…
weiterführende
85,793 corpus weight
What this shows „vorwerfen“ 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 | vorwerfen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌvɛʁfn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #14,205 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „vorwerfen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around vorwerfen (IPA [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌvɛʁfn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,205 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for vorwerfen, with forms such as "ovrwerfen", "vorewrfen", and "vorrwerfen". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Vorwürfe", "Vorwürfen", "vorzuwerfen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is vorwerfen, spelled V-O-R-W-E-R-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem tadelnd sagen, dass er oder sie sich unrichtig verhält oder Fehler macht
- 2etwas vor Tieren auf den Boden werfen, damit sie es fressen können
- 3etwas durch die Luft nach vorne schmeißen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vorwerfen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Was ich dir vorwerfe? Ich werfe dir vor, dass du mich betrogen hast. So einfach ist das: wir werden uns trennen!“
Lee Myung Bak wird unter anderem Korruption vorgeworfen. Ihm droht eine lange Haftstrafe.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ovrwerfen
- vorewrfen
- vorrwerfen
- vorwefren
- vorwerefn
- vorwerfenn
- vorwerffen
- vorwerfne
- vorwerrfen
- vorwrefen
- vorwwerfen
- vowrerfen
- vrowerfen
- vvorwerfen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vorwerfen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vorwerfen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).