Übermut
[ˈyːbɐˌmuːt]
The verdict
“Übermut” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,900. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,900
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ausgelassene Fröhlichkeit, lebhafte Stimmung
Corpus desk
Index DE-ubermut · Übermut · German
Übermut · rank #47,900 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,900
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH überkommt
Nearest frequency peer: überkommt (-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 „Übermut“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Übergangsph…
Übergangsphase
52,104 corpus weight
- Überholspur
Überholspur
52,103 corpus weight
- überkommt
überkommt
52,102 corpus weight
- Übermut
Übermut
52,101 corpus weight
- Übertreibun…
Übertreibungen
52,099 corpus weight
- überzeugend…
überzeugendes
52,098 corpus weight
What this shows „Übermut“ 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 | Übermut |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈyːbɐˌmuːt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #47,900 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Übermut“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Übermut (IPA [ˈyːbɐˌmuːt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,900 among 443 “Ü” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Übermut, with forms such as "büermut", "übbermut", and "übemrut". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "übersät", "übermütig", "überm", 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Übermut, spelled Ü-B-E-R-M-U-T.
Definition
- 1ausgelassene Fröhlichkeit, lebhafte Stimmung
- 2Waghalsigkeit im Überschwang der Gefühle
- 3Überheblichkeit, Stolz im Bewusstsein der eigenen Stärke, Vorrechte und Ansprüche
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Übermut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei solchen Stimmungen bin ich immer auf eine sonderbare Spitze gehoben, nämlich zum Übermut.
Die Kaiserin war nun wieder froh, ja, ein lachender Übermut war über sie gekommen; Tanz und Gesang ging durch das Kaiserschloß.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- büermut
- übbermut
- übemrut
- übermmut
- übermtu
- übermutt
- überrmut
- überumt
- übremut
- üebrmut
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Übermut - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Übermut", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).