Vorlesung
\foːɐ̯ˌleːzʊŋ\
The verdict
“Vorlesung” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cours magistral.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vorlesung · Vorlesung · French
Vorlesung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Vorlesung |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \foːɐ̯ˌleːzʊŋ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Vorlesung is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \foːɐ̯ˌleːzʊŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cours magistral.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Vorlesung, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Vorlesung, spelled V-O-R-L-E-S-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Cours magistral.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vorlesung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An der Universität wird eine Vorlesung vom Professor gehalten.
Humboldt durchlief das Kurrikulum der (Bergbauakademie) in einem Vierteljahr. Morgens war er sechs Stunden unter der Erde, nachmittags hörte er Vorlesungen, am Abend und die Hälfte der Nacht lernte er für den nächsten Tag.
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.