überlisten
[yːbɐˈlɪstn̩]
The verdict
“überlisten” is uncommon German (frequency #55,074 among 5,800 “Ü” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,074
- frequency rank, German
- 5,800
- “Ü” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemanden hintergehen, mit einer List täuschen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | überlisten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [yːbɐˈlɪstn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #55,074 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “überlisten” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
überlisten is uncommon German at frequency #55,074 among 5,800 “Ü” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [yːbɐˈlɪstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden hintergehen, mit einer List täuschen".
überlisten doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is überlisten, spelled Ü-B-E-R-L-I-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden hintergehen, mit einer List täuschen
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “überlisten”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Ü-B-E-R-L-I-S-T-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [yːbɐˈlɪstn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.