überlege
The verdict
“überlege” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #8,318 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #8,318
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überlegen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | überlege |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌyːbɐˈleːɡə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,318 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “überlege” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for überlege is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌyːbɐˈleːɡə]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,318 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for überlege, with forms such as "büerlege", "übberlege", and "übelrege". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Übersee", "überlegt", "überlegen", 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 überlege, spelled Ü-B-E-R-L-E-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überlegen
- 21. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überlegen
- 31. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überlegen
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überlegen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: büerlege,übberlege,übelrege,überelge,überleeg,überlegge,überlgee,überllege,überrlege,übrelege,üebrlege
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of überlege — 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 "überlege"
Frequency rank: #8,318 in German
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Using “überlege”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Ü-B-E-R-L-E-G-E — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌyːbɐˈleːɡə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Übersee” — see the side-by-side comparison. überlege vs Übersee
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Nearby German words
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