übergehen
[ˈyːbɐˌɡeːən]
The verdict
“übergehen” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,339. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,339
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von einem Ort, Zustand zu einem anderen wechseln
Corpus desk
Index DE-ubergehen · übergehen · German
übergehen · rank #16,339 · 13 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,339
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH zurückgelegt
Nearest frequency peer: zurückgelegt (-2 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 „übergehen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- zugehen
zugehen
83,666 corpus weight
- Zugänge
Zugänge
83,665 corpus weight
- zurückgelegt
zurückgelegt
83,664 corpus weight
- übergehen
übergehen
83,662 corpus weight
- abdecken
abdecken
83,660 corpus weight
- abgeschloss…
abgeschlossene
83,659 corpus weight
What this shows „übergehen“ 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 | übergehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈyːbɐˌɡeːən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #16,339 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „übergehen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around übergehen (IPA [ˈyːbɐˌɡeːən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,339 among 443 “Ü” headwords. Dominant gloss: "von einem Ort, Zustand zu einem anderen wechseln".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for übergehen, with forms such as "büergehen", "übbergehen", and "übegrehen". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "übergeht", "überlegen", "überleben", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is übergehen, spelled Ü-B-E-R-G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1von einem Ort, Zustand zu einem anderen wechseln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how übergehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Zuge der Erbschaft ist der Hof auf den ältesten Sohn übergegangen.
Wir sollten jetzt endlich zur Tagesordnung übergehen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- büergehen
- übbergehen
- übegrehen
- übereghen
- übergeehn
- übergehenn
- übergehhen
- übergehne
- überggehen
- übergheen
- überrgehen
- übregehen
- üebrgehen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of übergehen - 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 "übergehen", 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).