Uigure
[ʊɪ̯ˈɡuːʁə]
The verdict
“Uigure” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Angehöriger einer turksprachigen Ethnie, die in dem autonomen Gebiet Xinjiang im Nordwesten der Volksrepublik China lebt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Uigure |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʊɪ̯ˈɡuːʁə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Uigure” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Uigure is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʊɪ̯ˈɡuːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Angehöriger einer turksprachigen Ethnie, die in dem autonomen Gebiet Xinjiang im Nordwesten der Volksrepublik China lebt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Uigure in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Uigure, spelled U-I-G-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Angehöriger einer turksprachigen Ethnie, die in dem autonomen Gebiet Xinjiang im Nordwesten der Volksrepublik China lebt
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Uigure”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-I-G-U-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʊɪ̯ˈɡuːʁə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.