überfällig
[ˈyːbɐˌfɛlɪç]
The verdict
“überfällig” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,138. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,138
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so, dass es schon an der Zeit gewesen wäre
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberfallig · überfällig · German
überfällig · rank #18,138 · 13 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,138
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH Übelkeit
Nearest frequency peer: Übelkeit (-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 „überfällig“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- zurückgefüh…
zurückgeführt
81,866 corpus weight
- zusteht
zusteht
81,865 corpus weight
- Übelkeit
Übelkeit
81,864 corpus weight
- überfällig
überfällig
81,863 corpus weight
- Übersee
Übersee
81,862 corpus weight
- abgeliefert
abgeliefert
81,860 corpus weight
What this shows „überfällig“ 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 | überfällig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈyːbɐˌfɛlɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #18,138 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „überfällig“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around überfällig (IPA [ˈyːbɐˌfɛlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,138 among 443 “Ü” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for überfällig, with forms such as "büerfällig", "übberfällig", and "übefrällig". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Überfalls", "Überfall", "Überfälle", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 überfällig, spelled Ü-B-E-R-F-Ä-L-L-I-G.
Definition
- 1so, dass es schon an der Zeit gewesen wäre
- 2so, dass er/sie/es schon hätte eingetroffen sein müssen
- 3so, dass es nicht fristgerecht bezahlt wurde
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how überfällig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Besuch bei Oma war längst überfällig.
„Dass es wieder einmal eine Krise gebraucht hat, bis die EU eine so überfällige Reform angeht, ist symptomatisch.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- büerfällig
- übberfällig
- übefrällig
- überffällig
- überflälig
- überfälig
- überfälilg
- überfällgi
- überfälligg
- überrfällig
- überäfllig
- übrefällig
- üebrfällig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of überfällig - 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 "überfällig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).