überwiegend

/[ˈyːbɐˌviːɡn̩t]/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,167

in German word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

überwiegend is anGermanadj. It means: den größten Teil darstellend Pronounced [ˈyːbɐˌviːɡn̩t]. It ranks #3,167 in German word frequency. Often confused with überwiesen and überwiegende.

Key facts for überwiegend
PropertyValue
Headwordüberwiegend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈyːbɐˌviːɡn̩t]
Letters11
Frequency rank#3,167
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of überwiegend in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for überwiegend is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈyːbɐˌviːɡn̩t]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,167 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "den größten Teil darstellend".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for überwiegend, with forms such as "büerwiegend", "übberwiegend", and "überiwegend". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "überwiesen", "überwiegende", "überwiegenden", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is überwiegend, spelled Ü-B-E-R-W-I-E-G-E-N-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    den größten Teil darstellend

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: büerwiegend,übberwiegend,überiwegend,überrwiegend,überweigend,überwieegnd,überwiegedn,überwiegendd,überwiegennd,überwieggend,überwiegned,überwigeend,überwwiegend,übewriegend,übrewiegend,üebrwiegend

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for überwiegend

Misspelling Variants of "überwiegend"

büerwiegend11übberwiegend12überiwegend11überrwiegend12überweigend11überwieegnd11überwiegedn11überwiegendd12
Misspelling Variants of "überwiegend"

Frequency rank: #3,167 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "überwiegend"?
"überwiegend" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-W-I-E-G-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈyːbɐˌviːɡn̩t].
What does "überwiegend" mean?
As an adj, "überwiegend" means: den größten Teil darstellend
What words are commonly confused with "überwiegend"?
"überwiegend" is commonly confused with "überwiesen", "überwiegende", "überwiegenden". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "überwiegend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "überwiegend" is [ˈyːbɐˌviːɡn̩t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "überwiegend" come from?
"überwiegend" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.