darüber
[daˈʁyːbɐ]
The verdict
“darüber” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #325. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #325
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - im Raum oberhalb von etwas
Corpus desk
Index DE-daruber · darüber · German
darüber · rank #325 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #325
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH of
Nearest frequency peer: of (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “darüber”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Ne
Ne
99,679 corpus weight
- nehmen
nehmen
99,678 corpus weight
- of
of
99,677 corpus weight
- darüber
darüber
99,676 corpus weight
- deren
deren
99,675 corpus weight
- hin
hin
99,674 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “darüber” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | darüber |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [daˈʁyːbɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #325 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “darüber” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around darüber (IPA [daˈʁyːbɐ]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #325 among 45,632 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for darüber, with forms such as "adrüber", "darbüer", and "darrüber". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Dauer", "drüber", "drüben", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 German form is darüber, spelled D-A-R-Ü-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1im Raum oberhalb von etwas
- 2über etwas hinweg, so dass es drunter landet
- 3über etwas, über ein bestimmtes Maß hinaus, mehr als
- 4während die Zeit einer Handlung vergeht, währenddessen, zwischenzeitlich
- 5in einer bestimmten Sache, Angelegenheit; auf eine bestimmte Sache bezogen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how darüber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Befindet man sich im oberstes Geschoss eines Bauwerkes, so ist darüber dann das Dach.
Anstatt den Eimer auszuschütten, stolperst du noch darüber.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adrüber
- darbüer
- darrüber
- darübber
- darüberr
- darübre
- darüebr
- daürber
- ddarüber
- draüber
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of darüber - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "darüber", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.