vorlaut
\ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlaʊ̯t\
The verdict
“vorlaut” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Insolent, insolente.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vorlaut · vorlaut · French
vorlaut · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | vorlaut |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlaʊ̯t\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
vorlaut is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlaʊ̯t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Insolent, insolente.".
vorlaut has no tracked misspelling variants, 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, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is vorlaut, spelled V-O-R-L-A-U-T.
Definition
- 1Insolent, insolente.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vorlaut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine junge Bäuerin mit einem Grasbündel auf dem Kopfe zeigte sich plötzlich; ihr folgten in einiger Entfernung vier kleine Jungen in Lumpen, aber kecke, vorlaute, hübsche Schelme mit dreisten Augen, brauner Hautfarbe, wahre Teufel, die Engeln glichen.
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.