Überbleibsel
[ˈyːbɐˌblaɪ̯psl̩]
The verdict
“Überbleibsel” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #30,411. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,411
- frequency rank, German
- 5,800
- “Ü” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas, das im Unterschied zu verschwundenen Dingen noch vorhanden ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberbleibsel · Überbleibsel · German
Überbleibsel · rank #30,411 · 18 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,411
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,800
- PHOTO-FINISH Österreichern
Nearest frequency peer: Österreichern (-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 “Überbleibsel”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- zögert
zögert
69,594 corpus weight
- Ärgernis
Ärgernis
69,593 corpus weight
- Ölgemälde
Ölgemälde
69,592 corpus weight
- Österreiche…
Österreichern
69,591 corpus weight
- Überbleibsel
Überbleibsel
69,590 corpus weight
- Übergangsze…
Übergangszeit
69,589 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Überbleibsel” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Überbleibsel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈyːbɐˌblaɪ̯psl̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #30,411 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Überbleibsel” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around Überbleibsel (IPA [ˈyːbɐˌblaɪ̯psl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,411 among 5,800 “Ü” headwords. Dominant gloss: "etwas, das im Unterschied zu verschwundenen Dingen noch vorhanden ist".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Überbleibsel, with forms such as "büerbleibsel", "übberbleibsel", and "übebrleibsel". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Überbleibsel, spelled Ü-B-E-R-B-L-E-I-B-S-E-L.
Definition
- 1etwas, das im Unterschied zu verschwundenen Dingen noch vorhanden ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Überbleibsel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er hatte seinen einzigen guten Anzug an, ein altmodisches Überbleibsel aus seiner großen Zeit, und die Narbe an seiner Nase war schneeweiß.“
„Der Rolandsbogen, letztes Überbleibsel der ehemals auf einem Bergsporn oberhalb der Insel Nonnenwerth gelegenen, mittelalterlichen Rolandsburg, war eingestürzt.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- büerbleibsel
- übberbleibsel
- übebrleibsel
- überbbleibsel
- überbelibsel
- überblebisel
- überbleibbsel
- überbleibesl
- überbleibsell
- überbleibsle
- überbleibssel
- überbleisbel
- überbliebsel
- überblleibsel
- überlbeibsel
- überrbleibsel
- übrebleibsel
- üebrbleibsel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Überbleibsel - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Überbleibsel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 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.