übertreffen
[yːbɐˈtʁɛfn̩]
The verdict
“übertreffen” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,618. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,618
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - über seine persönlichen Leistungen hinausgehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ubertreffen · übertreffen · German
übertreffen · rank #16,618 · 15 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,618
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH überlässt
Nearest frequency peer: überlässt (-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 „übertreffen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- zugestellt
zugestellt
83,387 corpus weight
- Zwiebel
Zwiebel
83,386 corpus weight
- ägyptische
ägyptische
83,385 corpus weight
- überlässt
überlässt
83,384 corpus weight
- übertreffen
übertreffen
83,383 corpus weight
- abspielen
abspielen
83,380 corpus weight
What this shows „übertreffen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | übertreffen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [yːbɐˈtʁɛfn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #16,618 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „übertreffen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around übertreffen (IPA [yːbɐˈtʁɛfn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,618 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 übertreffen, with forms such as "büertreffen", "übbertreffen", and "überrteffen". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "übertreten", "übertreiben", "übertroffen", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is übertreffen, spelled Ü-B-E-R-T-R-E-F-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1über seine persönlichen Leistungen hinausgehen
- 2größer / besser sein, als etwas zum Vergleich Benutztes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how übertreffen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er übertraf seinen Speerwurfrekord um 50 cm.
Frau Deneuve übertrifft alle anderen an Eleganz.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- büertreffen
- übbertreffen
- überrteffen
- überrtreffen
- überterffen
- übertrefefn
- übertrefen
- übertreffenn
- übertreffne
- übertrfefen
- übertrreffen
- überttreffen
- übetrreffen
- übretreffen
- üebrtreffen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of übertreffen - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "übertreffen", 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 (15 here; floor ≥5).