umfasse
[ˌʊmˈfasə]
The verdict
“umfasse” is uncommon German (frequency #82,244 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,244
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs umfassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-umfasse · umfasse · German
umfasse · rank #82,244 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,244
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH umfangreicher…
Nearest frequency peer: umfangreicheren (-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 “umfasse”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Umbildung
Umbildung
17,760 corpus weight
- umfangreich…
umfangreichem
17,759 corpus weight
- umfangreich…
umfangreicheren
17,758 corpus weight
- umfasse
umfasse
17,757 corpus weight
- umgangsspra…
umgangssprachliche
17,756 corpus weight
- umgehört
umgehört
17,755 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “umfasse” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | umfasse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌʊmˈfasə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,244 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “umfasse” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
umfasse is uncommon German at frequency #82,244 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌʊmˈfasə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for umfasse in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is umfasse, spelled U-M-F-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs umfassen
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs umfassen
- 33. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs umfassen
- 42. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs umfassen
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 "umfasse", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.