überwuchert
[ˌyːbɐˈvuːxɐt]
The verdict
“überwuchert” is uncommon German (frequency #80,014 among 5,800 “Ü” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,014
- frequency rank, German
- 5,800
- “Ü” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - von Pflanzen bedeckt, durch starkes Wachstum von Pflanzen überwachsen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | überwuchert |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌyːbɐˈvuːxɐt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #80,014 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “überwuchert” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
überwuchert is uncommon German at frequency #80,014 among 5,800 “Ü” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌyːbɐˈvuːxɐt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von Pflanzen bedeckt, durch starkes Wachstum von Pflanzen überwachsen".
No misspelling variants are generated for überwuchert in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 überwuchert, spelled Ü-B-E-R-W-U-C-H-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1von Pflanzen bedeckt, durch starkes Wachstum von Pflanzen überwachsen
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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Using “überwuchert”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Ü-B-E-R-W-U-C-H-E-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.