Überschuss
[ˈyːbɐˌʃʊs]
The verdict
“Überschuss” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,752. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,752
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein positiver Saldo, der Gewinn
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberschuss · Überschuss · German
Überschuss · rank #13,752 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #13,752
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH Überreste
Nearest frequency peer: Überreste (-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 “Überschuss”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Ärmel
Ärmel
86,252 corpus weight
- ärztlichen
ärztlichen
86,251 corpus weight
- Überreste
Überreste
86,250 corpus weight
- Überschuss
Überschuss
86,249 corpus weight
- überzeugte
überzeugte
86,248 corpus weight
- Aachener
Aachener
86,247 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Überschuss” 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 | Überschuss |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈyːbɐˌʃʊs] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #13,752 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Überschuss” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Überschuss (IPA [ˈyːbɐˌʃʊs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,752 among 443 “Ü” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Überschuss, with forms such as "büerschuss", "übberschuss", and "übercshuss". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Überschüsse", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Überschuss, spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-C-H-U-S-S.
Definition
- 1ein positiver Saldo, der Gewinn
- 2etwas, das in größerer Menge da ist, als benötigt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Überschuss appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Firma konnte schließlich doch noch einen Überschuss erwirtschaften.
[…] „Mal produzieren Wind und Sonne große Überschüsse, die das Netz überlasten; mal so wenig, dass wir vorübergehend zu wenig Strom zur Verfügung hätten.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- büerschuss
- übberschuss
- übercshuss
- überrschuss
- überscchuss
- überschhuss
- überschsus
- überschus
- überschuß
- überscuhss
- übershcuss
- übersschuss
- übesrchuss
- übreschuss
- üebrschuss
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Überschuss - 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.
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 "Überschuss", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Überschuss". Here's where to go from here.
- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Überschüsse". View pair
- 15 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #13,752 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.