überholen
[ˌyːbɐˈhoːlən]
The verdict
“überholen” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,645. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,645
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit größerer Geschwindigkeit an jemandem oder etwas vorbeiziehen, das sich in die gleiche Richtung bewegt (auch im übertragenen Sinne)
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberholen · überholen · German
überholen · rank #12,645 · 13 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,645
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH Überlieferung
Nearest frequency peer: Überlieferung (+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 „überholen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- zeitnah
zeitnah
87,360 corpus weight
- Zentrums
Zentrums
87,359 corpus weight
- zerstörte
zerstörte
87,358 corpus weight
- überholen
überholen
87,356 corpus weight
- Überlieferu…
Überlieferung
87,355 corpus weight
- überstehen
überstehen
87,354 corpus weight
What this shows „überholen“ 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 | überholen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌyːbɐˈhoːlən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #12,645 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „überholen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around überholen (IPA [ˌyːbɐˈhoːlən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,645 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 überholen, with forms such as "büerholen", "übberholen", and "übehrolen". 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, "überholt", "überzogen", "überholte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 überholen, spelled Ü-B-E-R-H-O-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit größerer Geschwindigkeit an jemandem oder etwas vorbeiziehen, das sich in die gleiche Richtung bewegt (auch im übertragenen Sinne)
- 2überprüfen und gegebenenfalls reparieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how überholen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei diesem Tempo kann uns auch ein Traktor überholen.
Die Firma wird in wenigen Jahren die Konkurrenz überholen.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- büerholen
- übberholen
- übehrolen
- überhholen
- überhloen
- überhoeln
- überholenn
- überhollen
- überholne
- überohlen
- überrholen
- übreholen
- üebrholen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of überholen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "überholen", 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).