Voss

/[…]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,773

in German word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Voss is aGermannoun. It means: Fuchs Pronounced […]. Often confused with Vox and vous.

Key facts for Voss
PropertyValue
HeadwordVoss
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#10,773
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Voss is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,773 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for Voss, with forms such as "ovss", "voß", and "vsos". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Vox", "vous", "vote", and more, 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 Voss, spelled V-O-S-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fuchs
  2. 2
    Pferd, bei dem Fell, Mähne und Schweif braun sind
  3. 3
    Infektionskrankheit im Mund
  4. 4
    Abzugskanal einer Feuerung zum Schornstein

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ovss,voß,vsos,vvoss

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Voss

Misspelling Variants of "Voss"

ovss4voß3vsos4vvoss5
Misspelling Variants of "Voss"

Frequency rank: #10,773 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Voss"?
"Voss" is spelled V-O-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Voss" mean?
As a noun, "Voss" means: Fuchs
What words are commonly confused with "Voss"?
"Voss" is commonly confused with "Vox", "vous", "vote". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Voss"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Voss" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Voss" come from?
"Voss" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter V in our German index:

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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.