überheblich
[yːbɐˈheːplɪç]
The verdict
“überheblich” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,480. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,480
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich selbst überbewertend, hochmütig auf andere herabsehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberheblich · überheblich · German
überheblich · rank #34,480 · 17 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,480
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH überhand
Nearest frequency peer: überhand (-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 „überheblich“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- übelst
übelst
65,524 corpus weight
- übelste
übelste
65,523 corpus weight
- überhand
überhand
65,522 corpus weight
- überheblich
überheblich
65,521 corpus weight
- überschätzen
überschätzen
65,519 corpus weight
- überschüssi…
überschüssige
65,518 corpus weight
What this shows „überheblich“ 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 | überheblich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [yːbɐˈheːplɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #34,480 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „überheblich“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around überheblich (IPA [yːbɐˈheːplɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,480 among 443 “Ü” headwords. Dominant gloss: "sich selbst überbewertend, hochmütig auf andere herabsehend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for überheblich, with forms such as "büerheblich", "übberheblich", and "übehreblich". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "unerheblich", "unerhebliche", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is überheblich, spelled Ü-B-E-R-H-E-B-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1sich selbst überbewertend, hochmütig auf andere herabsehend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how überheblich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er wirkt immer so überheblich.
Das war völlig unnötig und überheblich.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- büerheblich
- übberheblich
- übehreblich
- überehblich
- überhbelich
- überhebblich
- überhebilch
- überheblcih
- überheblicch
- überheblichh
- überheblihc
- überhebllich
- überhelbich
- überhheblich
- überrheblich
- übreheblich
- üebrheblich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of überheblich - 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 "überheblich", 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 (17 here; floor ≥5).