überlaufen
[yːbɐˈlaʊ̯fn̩]
The verdict
“überlaufen” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #23,394. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,394
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von zu vielen Menschen gleichzeitig besucht
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberlaufen · überlaufen · German
überlaufen · rank #23,394 · 14 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,394
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH übereinstimmt
Nearest frequency peer: übereinstimmt (-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 „überlaufen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- älteres
älteres
76,611 corpus weight
- ökumenischen
ökumenischen
76,610 corpus weight
- österreichi…
österreichisches
76,609 corpus weight
- übereinstim…
übereinstimmt
76,608 corpus weight
- überlaufen
überlaufen
76,607 corpus weight
- Übernachtung
Übernachtung
76,606 corpus weight
What this shows „überlaufen“ 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 | überlaufen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [yːbɐˈlaʊ̯fn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #23,394 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „überlaufen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around überlaufen (IPA [yːbɐˈlaʊ̯fn̩]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,394 among 443 “Ü” headwords. Dominant gloss: "von zu vielen Menschen gleichzeitig besucht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for überlaufen, with forms such as "büerlaufen", "übberlaufen", and "übelraufen". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "überprüfen", "überladen", "überlassen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is überlaufen, spelled Ü-B-E-R-L-A-U-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1von zu vielen Menschen gleichzeitig besucht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how überlaufen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Freizeitpark ist Sonntags total überlaufen.
Mit Mallorca verbinde ich ausgebuchte Hotels und überlaufene Strände.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- büerlaufen
- übberlaufen
- übelraufen
- überalufen
- überlafuen
- überlauefn
- überlaufenn
- überlauffen
- überlaufne
- überllaufen
- überluafen
- überrlaufen
- übrelaufen
- üebrlaufen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of überlaufen - 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 "überlaufen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).