übertrifft

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

[yːbɐˈtʁɪft]

/[yːbɐˈtʁɪft]/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“übertrifft” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,500. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,500
frequency rank, German: 443
“Ü” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-ubertrifft · übertrifft · German

übertrifft · rank #21,500 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-MID #21,500
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-MID 443
PHOTO-FINISH überführen

Nearest frequency peer: überführen (-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.

Zwanziger

78,505
Ängsten

78,504
Äthiopien

78,503
überführen

78,502
übertrifft

78,501
überzeugende

78,500

What this shows „übertrifft“ 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).

übertrifft vs übertritt

80% similar

übertrifft vs Übergriff

70% similar

übertrifft vs Übergriffe

70% similar

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

Key facts for übertrifft
Property	Value
Headword	übertrifft
Language	German
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[yːbɐˈtʁɪft]
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#21,500
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „übertrifft“

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

#21,500

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „überführen“ (#21,499), „überzeugende“ (#21,501), „Äthiopien“ (#21,498). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „übertrifft“ bei #21,500. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around übertrifft (IPA [yːbɐˈtʁɪft]), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,500 among 443 “Ü” headwords. Dominant gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs übertreffen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for übertrifft, with forms such as "büertrifft", "übbertrifft", and "überrtifft". 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, "übertritt", "Übergriff", "Übergriffe", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is übertrifft, spelled Ü-B-E-R-T-R-I-F-F-T.

Definition

1
3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs übertreffen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

büertrifft
übbertrifft
überrtifft
überrtrifft
übertirfft
übertrfift
übertrifftt
übertrift
übertriftf
übertrrifft
überttrifft
übetrrifft
übretrifft
üebrtrifft

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of übertrifft - 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 "übertrifft"

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 "übertrifft"?

"übertrifft" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-T-R-I-F-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [yːbɐˈtʁɪft].

What does "übertrifft" mean?

As a verb, "übertrifft" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs übertreffen

What words are commonly confused with "übertrifft"?

"übertrifft" is commonly confused with "übertritt", "Übergriff", "Übergriffe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "übertrifft"?

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

What language does "übertrifft" come from?

"übertrifft" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

überführen#21,499 Absprachen#21,508 absprechen#21,509 ambulanten#21,518

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Zwanziger14 variants Vorjahres14 variants Vollidioten14 variants verzögern14 variants