übersah

[ˌyːbɐˈzaː]

/[ˌyːbɐˈzaː]/ verb

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The verdict

“übersah” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #40,989. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,989
frequency rank, German
443
“Ü” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs übersehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-ubersah · übersah · German

übersah · rank #40,989 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,989
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 443
  • PHOTO-FINISH Überresten

Nearest frequency peer: Überresten (-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 „übersah“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „übersah“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

übersah vs Übersee
57% similar
übersah vs übersät
71% similar
übersah vs Überzahl
63% similar

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

Key facts for übersah
PropertyValue
Headwordübersah
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌyːbɐˈzaː]
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,989
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „übersah“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).übersahliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Überresten“ (#40,988), „Übersichtlichkeit“ (#40,990), „überraschendes“ (#40,987). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „übersah“ bei #40,989. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around übersah (IPA [ˌyːbɐˈzaː]), averb. Corpus frequency is #40,989 among 443 “Ü” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for übersah, with forms such as "büersah", "übbersah", and "überash". 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, "Übersee", "übersät", "Überzahl", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is übersah, spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-A-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs übersehen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs übersehen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • büersah
  • übbersah
  • überash
  • überrsah
  • übersahh
  • übersha
  • überssah
  • übesrah
  • übresah
  • üebrsah

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of übersah - 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.

büersah2übbersah1überash2überrsah1übersahh1übersha2überssah1übesrah2
Edit distance from "übersah"

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 "übersah"?
"übersah" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-A-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌyːbɐˈzaː].
What does "übersah" mean?
As a verb, "übersah" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs übersehen
What words are commonly confused with "übersah"?
"übersah" is commonly confused with "Übersee", "übersät", "Überzahl". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "übersah"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "übersah" is [ˌyːbɐˈzaː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "übersah" come from?
"übersah" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "übersah", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ziellos#40,976Advokat#41,004Anhänge#41,018Vororte#40,951

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

abbrennen10 variantsworlds10 variantsViereck10 variantsverreist10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list