überleg

[ˌyːbɐˈleːk]

/[ˌyːbɐˈleːk]/ verb

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The verdict

“überleg” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,068. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,068
frequency rank, German
443
“Ü” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überlegen

Corpus desk

Index DE-uberleg · überleg · German

überleg · rank #16,068 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,068
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 443
  • PHOTO-FINISH österreichisch

Nearest frequency peer: österreichisch (-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 „überleg“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „überleg“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

überleg vs Übersee
57% similar
überleg vs überlegt
88% similar
überleg vs überlege
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for überleg
PropertyValue
Headwordüberleg
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌyːbɐˈleːk]
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,068
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „überleg“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.überlegliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „österreichisch“ (#16,067), „überwiegen“ (#16,069), „ähnlichem“ (#16,066). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „überleg“ bei #16,068. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around überleg (IPA [ˌyːbɐˈleːk]), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,068 among 443 “Ü” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überlegen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for überleg, with forms such as "büerleg", "übberleg", and "übelreg". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Übersee", "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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is überleg, spelled Ü-B-E-R-L-E-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überlegen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • büerleg
  • übberleg
  • übelreg
  • überelg
  • überlegg
  • überlge
  • überlleg
  • überrleg
  • übreleg
  • üebrleg

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of überleg - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

büerleg2übberleg1übelreg2überelg2überlegg1überlge2überlleg1überrleg1
Edit distance from "überleg"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "überleg"?
"überleg" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-L-E-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌyːbɐˈleːk].
What does "überleg" mean?
As a verb, "überleg" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überlegen
What words are commonly confused with "überleg"?
"überleg" is commonly confused with "Übersee", "überlegt", "überlege". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "überleg"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "überleg" is [ˌyːbɐˈleːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "überleg" come from?
"überleg" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "überleg", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ableger#16,073zukommt#16,062Ziffern#16,060Zerfall#16,058

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Diamant10 variantsFacetten10 variantsFiktion10 variantsPromille10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list