überaus
[ˈyːbɐʔaʊ̯s]
The verdict
“überaus” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,383. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,383
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - über etwas hinaus (Richtungsangabe)
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberaus · überaus · German
überaus · rank #6,383 · 9 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,383
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH Zuschauern
Nearest frequency peer: Zuschauern (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „überaus“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Zeilen
Zeilen
93,621 corpus weight
- Zettel
Zettel
93,620 corpus weight
- Zuschauern
Zuschauern
93,619 corpus weight
- überaus
überaus
93,618 corpus weight
- überraschen
überraschen
93,617 corpus weight
- übertrieben
übertrieben
93,616 corpus weight
What this shows „überaus“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | überaus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈyːbɐʔaʊ̯s] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #6,383 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „überaus“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around überaus (IPA [ˈyːbɐʔaʊ̯s]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #6,383 among 443 “Ü” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for überaus, with forms such as "büeraus", "übberaus", and "übearus". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "übers", "uterus", "Übermut", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is überaus, spelled Ü-B-E-R-A-U-S.
Definition
- 1über etwas hinaus (Richtungsangabe)
- 2sehr, besonders
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how überaus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Gib acht, wenn du über die Mauern überaus guckst!“
Dieses Haus ist überaus groß.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- büeraus
- übberaus
- übearus
- überasu
- überauss
- überraus
- überuas
- übreaus
- üebraus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of überaus - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "überaus", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).