überzeugen
[yːbɐˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡŋ̍]
The verdict
“überzeugen” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,423. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,423
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem die Richtigkeit glaubhaft machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberzeugen · überzeugen · German
überzeugen · rank #2,423 · 14 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,423
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH Übersetzung
Nearest frequency peer: Übersetzung (-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 „überzeugen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- womit
womit
97,582 corpus weight
- ähnliche
ähnliche
97,581 corpus weight
- überlegen
überlegen
97,580 corpus weight
- Übersetzung
Übersetzung
97,579 corpus weight
- überzeugen
überzeugen
97,578 corpus weight
- angesichts
angesichts
97,577 corpus weight
What this shows „überzeugen“ 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 | überzeugen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [yːbɐˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡŋ̍] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #2,423 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „überzeugen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around überzeugen (IPA [yːbɐˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡŋ̍]), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,423 among 443 “Ü” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for überzeugen, with forms such as "büerzeugen", "übberzeugen", and "überezugen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "überzeugt", "überzogen", "überzeugte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is überzeugen, spelled Ü-B-E-R-Z-E-U-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem die Richtigkeit glaubhaft machen
- 2sich vergewissern
- 3einen positiven Eindruck machen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how überzeugen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Erst nach Vorlage der Beweise konnte ich ihn überzeugen.
„[…] eigene Ideen lassen sich nur umsetzen, wenn man auch die Mehrheit der Gemeinschaft davon überzeugen kann.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- büerzeugen
- übberzeugen
- überezugen
- überrzeugen
- überzeguen
- überzeuegn
- überzeugenn
- überzeuggen
- überzeugne
- überzuegen
- überzzeugen
- übezreugen
- übrezeugen
- üebrzeugen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of überzeugen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "überzeugen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).