vorzuschreiben

[ˈfoːɐ̯t͡suˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]

/[ˈfoːɐ̯t͡suˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“vorzuschreiben” is uncommon German (frequency #50,177 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,177
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs vorschreiben

Corpus desk

Index DE-vorzuschreiben · vorzuschreiben · German

vorzuschreiben · rank #50,177 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,177
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vorzuhalten

Nearest frequency peer: vorzuhalten (-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 „vorzuschreiben“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „vorzuschreiben“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vorzuschreiben
PropertyValue
Headwordvorzuschreiben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfoːɐ̯t͡suˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]
Letters14
Frequency rank#50,177
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „vorzuschreiben“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).vorzuschreibenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „vorzuhalten“ (#50,176), „vulgär“ (#50,178), „Vorreiterrolle“ (#50,175). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „vorzuschreiben“ bei #50,177. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vorzuschreiben is uncommon German at frequency #50,177 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯t͡suˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs vorschreiben".

No generated misspelling entries exist for vorzuschreiben in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is vorzuschreiben, spelled V-O-R-Z-U-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs vorschreiben

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vorzuschreiben"?
"vorzuschreiben" is spelled V-O-R-Z-U-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfoːɐ̯t͡suˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩].
What does "vorzuschreiben" mean?
As a verb, "vorzuschreiben" means: erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs vorschreiben
How do you pronounce "vorzuschreiben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vorzuschreiben" is [ˈfoːɐ̯t͡suˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vorzuschreiben" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vorzuschreiben", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Vorreiterrolle#50,175Wermelskirchen#50,199unterscheidbar#50,135unbürokratisch#50,124

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list