übermitteln
[yːbɐˈmɪtl̩n]
The verdict
“übermitteln” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,795. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,795
- frequency rank, German
- 5,800
- “Ü” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - dafür sorgen, dass eine Nachricht, ein Gruß oder etwas Anderes den Empfänger erreicht
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 | übermitteln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [yːbɐˈmɪtl̩n] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #19,795 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “übermitteln” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around übermitteln (IPA [yːbɐˈmɪtl̩n]), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,795 among 5,800 “Ü” headwords. Dominant gloss: "dafür sorgen, dass eine Nachricht, ein Gruß oder etwas Anderes den Empfänger erreicht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for übermitteln, with forms such as "büermitteln", "übbermitteln", and "übemritteln". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "übermittelt", "übermittelte", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is übermitteln, spelled Ü-B-E-R-M-I-T-T-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1dafür sorgen, dass eine Nachricht, ein Gruß oder etwas Anderes den Empfänger erreicht
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: büermitteln,übbermitteln,übemritteln,überimtteln,übermiteln,übermitetln,übermittelln,übermittelnn,übermittenl,übermittlen,übermmitteln,übermtiteln,überrmitteln,übremitteln,üebrmitteln
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of übermitteln - 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.
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Using “übermitteln”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Ü-B-E-R-M-I-T-T-E-L-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [yːbɐˈmɪtl̩n] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “übermittelt” - see the side-by-side comparison. übermitteln vs übermittelt
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.