übergeben
[yːbɐˈɡeːbn̩]
The verdict
“übergeben” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,416. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,416
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem etwas reichen, weitergeben
Corpus desk
Index DE-ubergeben · übergeben · German
übergeben · rank #3,416 · 13 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,416
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH ÖVP
Nearest frequency peer: ÖVP (-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 „übergeben“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Änderungen
Änderungen
96,588 corpus weight
- österreichi…
österreichische
96,587 corpus weight
- ÖVP
ÖVP
96,586 corpus weight
- übergeben
übergeben
96,585 corpus weight
- überlassen
überlassen
96,584 corpus weight
- üblich
üblich
96,583 corpus weight
What this shows „übergeben“ 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 | übergeben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [yːbɐˈɡeːbn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #3,416 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „übergeben“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around übergeben (IPA [yːbɐˈɡeːbn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,416 among 443 “Ü” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for übergeben, with forms such as "büergeben", "übbergeben", and "übegreben". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "überlegen", "überleben", "übersehen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is übergeben, spelled Ü-B-E-R-G-E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem etwas reichen, weitergeben
- 2seinen Mageninhalt durch Speiseröhre und Mund entleeren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how übergeben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nachdem ich ihm das Paket übergeben hatte, öffnete er es sofort.
Ich übergab meinem Nachfolger das Amt.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- büergeben
- übbergeben
- übegreben
- überegben
- übergbeen
- übergebben
- übergebenn
- übergebne
- übergeebn
- überggeben
- überrgeben
- übregeben
- üebrgeben
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of übergeben - 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 "übergeben", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).