überliefert
[ˌyːbɐˈliːfɐt]
The verdict
“überliefert” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,430. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,430
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs überliefern
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberliefert · überliefert · German
überliefert · rank #12,430 · 16 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,430
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH Übergewicht
Nearest frequency peer: Übergewicht (-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 „überliefert“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Zwickau
Zwickau
87,575 corpus weight
- ökologischen
ökologischen
87,573 corpus weight
- Übergewicht
Übergewicht
87,572 corpus weight
- überliefert
überliefert
87,571 corpus weight
- überqueren
überqueren
87,570 corpus weight
- abgeht
abgeht
87,568 corpus weight
What this shows „überliefert“ 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 | überliefert |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌyːbɐˈliːfɐt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #12,430 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „überliefert“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around überliefert (IPA [ˌyːbɐˈliːfɐt]), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,430 among 443 “Ü” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs überliefern".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for überliefert, with forms such as "büerliefert", "übberliefert", and "übelriefert". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "überlieferte", "überlieferten", 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is überliefert, spelled Ü-B-E-R-L-I-E-F-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs überliefern
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- büerliefert
- übberliefert
- übelriefert
- überilefert
- überleifert
- überlieefrt
- überlieferrt
- überliefertt
- überliefetr
- überlieffert
- überliefret
- überlifeert
- überlliefert
- überrliefert
- übreliefert
- üebrliefert
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of überliefert - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "überliefert", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).