überprüft
[yːbɐˈpʁyːft]
The verdict
“überprüft” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,581. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,581
- frequency rank, German
- 5,800
- “Ü” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs überprüfen
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 | überprüft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [yːbɐˈpʁyːft] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #4,581 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “überprüft” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around überprüft (IPA [yːbɐˈpʁyːft]), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,581 among 5,800 “Ü” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs überprüfen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for überprüft, with forms such as "büerprüft", "übberprüft", and "übeprrüft". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "überprüfte", "überprüfe", "überprüfen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is überprüft, spelled Ü-B-E-R-P-R-Ü-F-T.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs überprüfen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- büerprüft
- übberprüft
- übeprrüft
- überpprüft
- überprfüt
- überprrüft
- überprüfft
- überprüftt
- überprütf
- überpürft
- überrprüft
- überrpüft
- übreprüft
- üebrprüft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of überprüft - 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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Using “überprüft”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Ü-B-E-R-P-R-Ü-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [yːbɐˈpʁyːft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “überprüfte” - see the side-by-side comparison. überprüft vs überprüfte
- 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.