übrigvsUrhGWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: übrig is a adjective, UrhG is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“übrig” is an adjective and “UrhG” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,136
“übrig” frequency rank
#42,896
“UrhG” frequency rank
45032
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature übrig UrhG
Definition noch vorhanden, verbleibend, restlich Urheberrechtsgesetz

Letter map: übrig vs UrhG

Shared letters muted; letters that set übrig and UrhG apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. übrig runs 5 letters (VCCVC) against UrhG's 4 (VCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
übrig
4 ch
UrhG

Grammar separator: übrig vs UrhG

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: übrig is anadjective and UrhGanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45032, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

übrig is recorded at frequency rank #2,136, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈyːbʁɪç]. UrhG is at rank #42,896, tagged as anabbrev.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 45032, this pair ranks #1,366,725 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of übrig vs UrhG

Shared letters: gr. Private to "übrig": biü. Private to "UrhG": hu.

"übrig" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "UrhG" · 4 letters · shape VCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • UrhG ← ruhg · uhrg · urgh · urhgg · urhhg · urrhg

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "übrig" for "UrhG" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "übrig" is an adjective and "UrhG" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "übrig" vs "UrhG" - which ranks higher?
"übrig" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,136 in our German list, against #42,896 for "UrhG". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "übrig" and "UrhG". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "übrig" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "UrhG" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,366,725 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "übrig" and "UrhG" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "uch vs UrhG". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,366,725 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list