Überlegung
[yːbɐˈleːɡʊŋ]
The verdict
“Überlegung” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,012. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,012
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Handlung des Überlegens
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberlegung · Überlegung · German
Überlegung · rank #12,012 · 15 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,012
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH österreichisc…
Nearest frequency peer: österreichischer (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Überlegung”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Zähnen
Zähnen
87,992 corpus weight
- zügig
zügig
87,991 corpus weight
- österreichi…
österreichischer
87,990 corpus weight
- Überlegung
Überlegung
87,989 corpus weight
- ablenken
ablenken
87,987 corpus weight
- Abrechnung
Abrechnung
87,986 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Überlegung” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Überlegung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [yːbɐˈleːɡʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #12,012 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Überlegung” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Überlegung (IPA [yːbɐˈleːɡʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,012 among 443 “Ü” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Überlegung, with forms such as "büerlegung", "übberlegung", and "übelregung". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Überzeugung", "Überleitung", "Überlegungen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Überlegung, spelled Ü-B-E-R-L-E-G-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1die Handlung des Überlegens
- 2das Ergebnis von [1]; etwas, das man überlegt hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Überlegung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es ist eine Überlegung wert.
„Lieber Leser, du siehst, was sich aus diesen Überlegungen ergibt.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- büerlegung
- übberlegung
- übelregung
- überelgung
- überleggung
- überlegnug
- überlegugn
- überlegungg
- überlegunng
- überleugng
- überlgeung
- überllegung
- überrlegung
- übrelegung
- üebrlegung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Überlegung - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Überlegung", 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 (15 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Überlegung". Here's where to go from here.
- "Überlegung" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Überzeugung". View pair
- 15 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #12,012 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "Ü" letter cohort. Ü–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.