überraschend
[yːbɐˈʁaʃn̩t]
The verdict
“überraschend” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #3,499 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #3,499
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemanden unerwartet, unvorbereitet treffend oder in Erstaunen setzend
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 | überraschend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [yːbɐˈʁaʃn̩t] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #3,499 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “überraschend” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for überraschend is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [yːbɐˈʁaʃn̩t]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,499 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "jemanden unerwartet, unvorbereitet treffend oder in Erstaunen setzend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for überraschend, with forms such as "büerraschend", "übberraschend", and "überarschend". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Überraschung", "überraschten", "überraschende", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is überraschend, spelled Ü-B-E-R-R-A-S-C-H-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1jemanden unerwartet, unvorbereitet treffend oder in Erstaunen setzend
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: büerraschend,übberraschend,überarschend,überaschend,überracshend,überrascchend,überrascehnd,überraschedn,überraschendd,überraschennd,überraschhend,überraschned,überrashcend,überrasschend,überrsachend,übreraschend,üebrraschend
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of überraschend - 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 “überraschend”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Ü-B-E-R-R-A-S-C-H-E-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [yːbɐˈʁaʃn̩t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Überraschung” - see the side-by-side comparison. überraschend vs Überraschung
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.