vorangehen
\foˈʁanˌɡeːən\
The verdict
“vorangehen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avancer en première position.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vorangehen · vorangehen · French
vorangehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vorangehen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \foˈʁanˌɡeːən\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
vorangehen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \foˈʁanˌɡeːən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
vorangehen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is vorangehen, spelled V-O-R-A-N-G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Avancer en première position.
- 2Avancer, faire des progrès.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vorangehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hans ging ruhig, wie auf ebenem Boden, voran; manchmal verschwand er hinter großen Blöcken, und wir verloren ihn augenblicklich außer Augen; dann gab er mit hellem Pfeifen die Richtung an, auf der wir ihm zu folgen hatten.
In Charkiw haben fast 150.000 Menschen ihre Wohnung verloren. Der Wiederaufbau geht nur schleppend voran. Deshalb packen die Bewohner selbst mit an.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.