umdenken
[ˈʊmˌdɛŋkn̩]
The verdict
“umdenken” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,770. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,770
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - noch einmal neu denken, meist mit anderen Prämissen und/oder Zielen
Corpus desk
Index DE-umdenken · umdenken · German
umdenken · rank #15,770 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,770
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH umfangreiches
Nearest frequency peer: umfangreiches (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “umdenken”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Tugend
Tugend
84,234 corpus weight
- Tz
Tz
84,233 corpus weight
- umdenken
umdenken
84,231 corpus weight
- umfangreich…
umfangreiches
84,230 corpus weight
- umfasste
umfasste
84,229 corpus weight
- unterstellen
unterstellen
84,228 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “umdenken” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | umdenken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʊmˌdɛŋkn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #15,770 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “umdenken” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around umdenken (IPA [ˈʊmˌdɛŋkn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,770 among 2,159 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "noch einmal neu denken, meist mit anderen Prämissen und/oder Zielen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for umdenken, with forms such as "mudenken", "udmenken", and "umddenken". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is umdenken, spelled U-M-D-E-N-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1noch einmal neu denken, meist mit anderen Prämissen und/oder Zielen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how umdenken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Beim Thema Plastik ist Umdenken angesagt.
„Wenn etwas Vorstellbares plötzlich nicht möglich scheint und wir unter Zeitdruck geraten, müssen wir umdenken.“
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mudenken
- udmenken
- umddenken
- umdeknen
- umdenekn
- umdenkenn
- umdenkken
- umdenkne
- umdennken
- umdneken
- umednken
- ummdenken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of umdenken - 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 "umdenken", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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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.