überraschte

Name: überraschte, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[yːbɐˈʁaʃtə]

/[yːbɐˈʁaʃtə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“überraschte” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,147. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,147
frequency rank, German: 5,800
“Ü” headwords: 15
tracked misspellings: 7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überrascht

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

überraschte vs überwachte

82% similar

überraschte vs überreichte

82% similar

überraschte vs überraschten

92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for überraschte
Property	Value
Headword	überraschte
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[yːbɐˈʁaʃtə]
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#20,147
Misspellings tracked	15
Confusable pairs	7
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “überraschte” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). überraschte lands here:

#20,147

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around überraschte (IPA [yːbɐˈʁaʃtə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,147 among 5,800 “Ü” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for überraschte, with forms such as "büerraschte", "übberraschte", and "überarschte". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "überwachte", "überreichte", "überraschten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is überraschte, spelled Ü-B-E-R-R-A-S-C-H-T-E.

Definition

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Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überrascht
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überrascht
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überrascht
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überrascht
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überrascht
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überrascht
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überrascht
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überrascht
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überrascht

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: büerraschte,übberraschte,überarschte,überaschte,überracshte,überrascchte,überraschet,überraschhte,überraschtte,überrascthe,überrashcte,überrasschte,überrsachte,übreraschte,üebrraschte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of überraschte - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "überraschte"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "überraschte"?

"überraschte" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-R-A-S-C-H-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [yːbɐˈʁaʃtə].

What does "überraschte" mean?

As an adjective, "überraschte" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überrascht

What words are commonly confused with "überraschte"?

"überraschte" is commonly confused with "überwachte", "überreichte", "überraschten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "überraschte"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "überraschte" is [yːbɐˈʁaʃtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "überraschte" come from?

"überraschte" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Using “überraschte”

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-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [yːbɐˈʁaʃtə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “überwachte” - see the side-by-side comparison. überraschte vs überwachte
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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.