überschüssige

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

[ˈyːbɐˌʃʏsɪɡə]

/[ˈyːbɐˌʃʏsɪɡə]/ adj

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

The verdict

“überschüssige” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #34,483. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,483
frequency rank, German: 5,800
“Ü” headwords: 19
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

überschüssige vs Überschüsse

77% similar

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

Key facts for überschüssige
Property	Value
Headword	überschüssige
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈyːbɐˌʃʏsɪɡə]
Letters	13
Frequency rank	#34,483
Misspellings tracked	19
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “überschüssige” 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). überschüssige lands here:

#34,483

#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 19 spelling variants around überschüssige (IPA [ˈyːbɐˌʃʏsɪɡə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,483 among 5,800 “Ü” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for überschüssige, with forms such as "büerschüssige", "übberschüssige", and "übercshüssige". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Überschüsse", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is überschüssige, spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-C-H-Ü-S-S-I-G-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überschüssig
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überschüssig
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überschüssig
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überschüssig
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überschüssig
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überschüssig
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überschüssig
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überschüssig
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs überschüssig

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

büerschüssige
übberschüssige
übercshüssige
überrschüssige
überscchüssige
überschhüssige
überschsüsige
überschüsige
überschüsisge
überschüssgie
überschüssieg
überschüssigge
überschüßige
überscühssige
übershcüssige
übersschüssige
übesrchüssige
übreschüssige
üebrschüssige

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "überschüssige"

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 "überschüssige"?

"überschüssige" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-C-H-Ü-S-S-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈyːbɐˌʃʏsɪɡə].

What does "überschüssige" mean?

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

What words are commonly confused with "überschüssige"?

"überschüssige" is commonly confused with "Überschüsse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "überschüssige"?

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

What language does "überschüssige" come from?

"überschüssige" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Using “überschüssige”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is Ü-B-E-R-S-C-H-Ü-S-S-I-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [ˈyːbɐˌʃʏsɪɡə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “Überschüsse” - see the side-by-side comparison. überschüssige vs Überschüsse
Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

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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.