überfliegen
[ˌyːbɐˈfliːɡn̩]
The verdict
“überfliegen” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,896. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,896
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - über etwas entlang fliegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberfliegen · überfliegen · German
überfliegen · rank #47,896 · 16 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,896
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH Übergangsphase
Nearest frequency peer: Übergangsphase (+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 „überfliegen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- ärgsten
ärgsten
52,109 corpus weight
- überfliegen
überfliegen
52,105 corpus weight
- Übergangsph…
Übergangsphase
52,104 corpus weight
- Überholspur
Überholspur
52,103 corpus weight
- überkommt
überkommt
52,102 corpus weight
- Übermut
Übermut
52,101 corpus weight
What this shows „überfliegen“ 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 | überfliegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌyːbɐˈfliːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #47,896 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „überfliegen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around überfliegen (IPA [ˌyːbɐˈfliːɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #47,896 among 443 “Ü” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for überfliegen, with forms such as "büerfliegen", "übberfliegen", and "übefrliegen". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "überlegen", "überwiegen", "Überlingen", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is überfliegen, spelled Ü-B-E-R-F-L-I-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1über etwas entlang fliegen
- 2(einen Text) schnell und oberflächlich lesen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how überfliegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Flugzeug überflog die Stadt.
Wenn man dem Gewitter nicht ausweichen kann, ist es unter Umständen sicherer, das Gewitter zu überfliegen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- büerfliegen
- übberfliegen
- übefrliegen
- überffliegen
- überfilegen
- überfleigen
- überflieegn
- überfliegenn
- überflieggen
- überfliegne
- überfligeen
- überflliegen
- überlfiegen
- überrfliegen
- übrefliegen
- üebrfliegen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of überfliegen - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "überfliegen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).