Totalüberwachung
[toˈtaːlʔyːbɐˌvaxʊŋ]
The verdict
“Totalüberwachung” is uncommon German (frequency #74,075 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,075
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sämtliche Lebensbereiche umfassende Überwachung
Corpus desk
Index DE-totaluberwachung · Totalüberwachung · German
Totalüberwachung · rank #74,075 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,075
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 35,386
- PHOTO-FINISH Topologie
Nearest frequency peer: Topologie (-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 “Totalüberwachung”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- thermischer
thermischer
25,930 corpus weight
- Tiraden
Tiraden
25,928 corpus weight
- Topologie
Topologie
25,927 corpus weight
- Totalüberwa…
Totalüberwachung
25,926 corpus weight
- Triathleten
Triathleten
25,922 corpus weight
- triller
triller
25,921 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Totalüberwachung” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Totalüberwachung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [toˈtaːlʔyːbɐˌvaxʊŋ] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #74,075 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Totalüberwachung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Totalüberwachung is uncommon German at frequency #74,075 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [toˈtaːlʔyːbɐˌvaxʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sämtliche Lebensbereiche umfassende Überwachung".
Zero misspellings are on record for Totalüberwachung in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Totalüberwachung, spelled T-O-T-A-L-Ü-B-E-R-W-A-C-H-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1sämtliche Lebensbereiche umfassende Überwachung
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 "Totalüberwachung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.