überwiegt
[yːbɐˈviːkt]
The verdict
“überwiegt” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,814. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,814
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überwiegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberwiegt · überwiegt · German
überwiegt · rank #20,814 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,814
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH überraschenden
Nearest frequency peer: überraschenden (-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 „überwiegt“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- übe
übe
79,190 corpus weight
- überragend
überragend
79,189 corpus weight
- überraschen…
überraschenden
79,188 corpus weight
- überwiegt
überwiegt
79,187 corpus weight
- 2D
2D
79,186 corpus weight
- abbekommen
abbekommen
79,185 corpus weight
What this shows „überwiegt“ 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 | überwiegt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [yːbɐˈviːkt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #20,814 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „überwiegt“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around überwiegt (IPA [yːbɐˈviːkt]), averb. Corpus frequency is #20,814 among 443 “Ü” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for überwiegt, with forms such as "büerwiegt", "übberwiegt", and "überiwegt". 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, "überlegt", "übersieht", "überwiegen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is überwiegt, spelled Ü-B-E-R-W-I-E-G-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überwiegen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überwiegen
- 32. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überwiegen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- büerwiegt
- übberwiegt
- überiwegt
- überrwiegt
- überweigt
- überwieggt
- überwiegtt
- überwietg
- überwiget
- überwwiegt
- übewriegt
- übrewiegt
- üebrwiegt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of überwiegt - 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 "überwiegt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).