überlebt
The verdict
“überlebt” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #5,673 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #5,673
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs überleben
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | überlebt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌyːbɐˈleːpt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,673 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “überlebt” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for überlebt is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌyːbɐˈleːpt]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,673 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs überleben".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for überlebt, with forms such as "büerlebt", "übberlebt", and "übelrebt". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "überleg", "überlegt", "überlege", 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, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is überlebt, spelled Ü-B-E-R-L-E-B-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs überleben
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: büerlebt,übberlebt,übelrebt,überelbt,überlbet,überlebbt,überlebtt,überletb,überllebt,überrlebt,übrelebt,üebrlebt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of überlebt — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "überlebt"
Frequency rank: #5,673 in German
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Using “überlebt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Ü-B-E-R-L-E-B-T — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌyːbɐˈleːpt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “überleg” — see the side-by-side comparison. überlebt vs überleg
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Nearby German words
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