Überfall
[ˈyːbɐˌfal]
The verdict
“Überfall” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #8,016 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,016
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plötzlicher und unerwarteter Angriff, bei dem der Täter unter Verdeckung seiner wahren Absichten (tückisch-verschlagen) vorgeht
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 | Überfall |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈyːbɐˌfal] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,016 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Überfall” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Überfall is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈyːbɐˌfal]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,016 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Überfall, with forms such as "büerfall", "übberfall", and "übefrall". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Überzahl", "überfiel", "überfüllt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Überfall, spelled Ü-B-E-R-F-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1plötzlicher und unerwarteter Angriff, bei dem der Täter unter Verdeckung seiner wahren Absichten (tückisch-verschlagen) vorgeht
- 2Obst, das auf ein Nachbargrundstück fällt
- 3Messvorrichtung an einem Wehr
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: büerfall,übberfall,übefrall,überafll,überfal,überffall,überflal,überrfall,übrefall,üebrfall
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Überfall - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Überfall”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Ü-B-E-R-F-A-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈyːbɐˌfal] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Überzahl” - see the side-by-side comparison. Überfall vs Überzahl
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.