Überfall
[ˈyːbɐˌfal]
The verdict
“Überfall” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,016. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,016
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plötzlicher und unerwarteter Angriff, bei dem der Täter unter Verdeckung seiner wahren Absichten (tückisch-verschlagen) vorgeht
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberfall · Überfall · German
Überfall · rank #8,016 · 10 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,016
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH Zwischenzeit
Nearest frequency peer: Zwischenzeit (-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 “Überfall”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Zigarette
Zigarette
91,988 corpus weight
- zurückgekeh…
zurückgekehrt
91,987 corpus weight
- Zwischenzeit
Zwischenzeit
91,986 corpus weight
- Überfall
Überfall
91,985 corpus weight
- abgeschafft
abgeschafft
91,984 corpus weight
- abzugeben
abzugeben
91,983 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Überfall” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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) |
Wo “Überfall” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Überfall (IPA [ˈyːbɐˌfal]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,016 among 443 “Ü” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Überfall appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Überfall auf die alte Dame wird nun von der Polizei untersucht.
„Vor Orenburg stieß eine weitere Hundertschaft Kosaken zu ihnen, um sie gegen Überfälle der Reiterhorden zu schützen.“
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Überfall", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Überfall". Here's where to go from here.
- "Überfall" maps to 8 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Überzahl". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,016 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "Ü" letter cohort. Ü–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.