Überschrift
[ˈyːbɐˌʃʁɪft]
The verdict
“Überschrift” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,670. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,670
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hervorgehobene, abgesetzte Zeile oder Zeilenfolge über einem Text oder Textabschnitt, die oft Hinweise auf den Inhalt gibt
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberschrift · Überschrift · German
Überschrift · rank #8,670 · 18 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,670
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH örtliche
Nearest frequency peer: örtliche (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Überschrift”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Zutaten
Zutaten
91,334 corpus weight
- öffnete
öffnete
91,333 corpus weight
- örtliche
örtliche
91,332 corpus weight
- Überschrift
Überschrift
91,331 corpus weight
- übersetzen
übersetzen
91,330 corpus weight
- abhalten
abhalten
91,329 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Überschrift” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Überschrift |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈyːbɐˌʃʁɪft] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #8,670 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Überschrift” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around Überschrift (IPA [ˈyːbɐˌʃʁɪft]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,670 among 443 “Ü” headwords. Dominant gloss: "hervorgehobene, abgesetzte Zeile oder Zeilenfolge über einem Text oder Textabschnitt, die oft Hinweise auf den Inhalt gibt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Überschrift, with forms such as "büerschrift", "übberschrift", and "übercshrift". 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, "überschritt", "Unterschrift", "Überschriften", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Überschrift, spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-C-H-R-I-F-T.
Definition
- 1hervorgehobene, abgesetzte Zeile oder Zeilenfolge über einem Text oder Textabschnitt, die oft Hinweise auf den Inhalt gibt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Überschrift appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zeitungsartikel werden durch eine Überschrift eingeleitet.
„Der Leser wird durch die Überschrift eingestimmt und gelenkt.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- büerschrift
- übberschrift
- übercshrift
- überrschrift
- überscchrift
- überschhrift
- überschirft
- überschrfit
- überschrifft
- überschriftt
- überschritf
- überschrrift
- überscrhift
- übershcrift
- übersschrift
- übesrchrift
- übreschrift
- üebrschrift
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Überschrift - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Überschrift", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Überschrift". Here's where to go from here.
- "Überschrift" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "überschritt". View pair
- 18 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,670 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "Ü" letter cohort. Ü–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.