die üblichen Verdächtigen
[diː ˈyːplɪçn̩ fɛɐ̯ˈdɛçtɪɡŋ̩]
The verdict
“die üblichen Verdächtigen” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 25
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gewohnte, erwartbare Konstellation von Beteiligten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | die üblichen Verdächtigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [diː ˈyːplɪçn̩ fɛɐ̯ˈdɛçtɪɡŋ̩] |
| Letters | 25 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “die üblichen Verdächtigen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for die üblichen Verdächtigen is 25 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [diː ˈyːplɪçn̩ fɛɐ̯ˈdɛçtɪɡŋ̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "gewohnte, erwartbare Konstellation von Beteiligten".
No misspelling variants are generated for die üblichen Verdächtigen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is die üblichen Verdächtigen, spelled D-I-E- -Ü-B-L-I-C-H-E-N- -V-E-R-D-Ä-C-H-T-I-G-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1gewohnte, erwartbare Konstellation von Beteiligten
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.
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Using “die üblichen Verdächtigen”
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- The one correct German spelling is D-I-E- -Ü-B-L-I-C-H-E-N- -V-E-R-D-Ä-C-H-T-I-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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