vorwiegend

/[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌviːɡn̩t]/ adv

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,040

in German word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

vorwiegend is anGermanadv. It means: in der Mehrheit, an erster Stelle Pronounced [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌviːɡn̩t]. It ranks #5,040 in German word frequency. Often confused with vorliegen and vorliegende.

Key facts for vorwiegend
PropertyValue
Headwordvorwiegend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌviːɡn̩t]
Letters10
Frequency rank#5,040
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of vorwiegend in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for vorwiegend is 10 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌviːɡn̩t]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,040 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "in der Mehrheit, an erster Stelle".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for vorwiegend, with forms such as "ovrwiegend", "voriwegend", and "vorrwiegend". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "vorliegen", "vorliegende", 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 vorwiegend, spelled V-O-R-W-I-E-G-E-N-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    in der Mehrheit, an erster Stelle

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ovrwiegend,voriwegend,vorrwiegend,vorweigend,vorwieegnd,vorwiegedn,vorwiegendd,vorwiegennd,vorwieggend,vorwiegned,vorwigeend,vorwwiegend,vowriegend,vrowiegend,vvorwiegend

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vorwiegend

Misspelling Variants of "vorwiegend"

ovrwiegend10voriwegend10vorrwiegend11vorweigend10vorwieegnd10vorwiegedn10vorwiegendd11vorwiegennd11
Misspelling Variants of "vorwiegend"

Frequency rank: #5,040 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vorwiegend"?
"vorwiegend" is spelled V-O-R-W-I-E-G-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌviːɡn̩t].
What does "vorwiegend" mean?
As an adv, "vorwiegend" means: in der Mehrheit, an erster Stelle
What words are commonly confused with "vorwiegend"?
"vorwiegend" is commonly confused with "vorliegen", "vorliegende". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vorwiegend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vorwiegend" is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌviːɡn̩t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vorwiegend" come from?
"vorwiegend" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.