überholt
[ˌyːbɐˈhoːlt]
The verdict
“überholt” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,161. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,161
- frequency rank, German
- 5,800
- “Ü” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nicht den jeweiligen Bedingungen der aktuellen Zeit entsprechend, durch Änderung der Verhältnisse oder Weiterentwicklung/Zugewinn an Kenntnissen; nur in einer vergangenen Zeit gültig
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 | überholt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌyːbɐˈhoːlt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,161 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “überholt” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around überholt (IPA [ˌyːbɐˈhoːlt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,161 among 5,800 “Ü” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for überholt, with forms such as "büerholt", "übberholt", and "übehrolt". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "unerhört", "überrollt", "überholte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is überholt, spelled Ü-B-E-R-H-O-L-T.
Definition
- 1nicht den jeweiligen Bedingungen der aktuellen Zeit entsprechend, durch Änderung der Verhältnisse oder Weiterentwicklung/Zugewinn an Kenntnissen; nur in einer vergangenen Zeit gültig
- 2insgesamt kontrolliert und gepflegt/gegebenenfalls repariert/erneuert und so vollständig gebrauchsfertig gemacht
- 3auf derselben Strecke von sich in gleicher Richtung bewegendem Objekt durch höhere Geschwindigkeit passiert
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: büerholt,übberholt,übehrolt,überhholt,überhlot,überhollt,überholtt,überhotl,überohlt,überrholt,übreholt,üebrholt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of überholt - 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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Using “überholt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Ü-B-E-R-H-O-L-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌyːbɐˈhoːlt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “unerhört” - see the side-by-side comparison. überholt vs unerhört
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.