Umgehung
[ʊmˈɡeːʊŋ]
The verdict
“Umgehung” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #23,340. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,340
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Bogen ein Hindernis umfahren, umlaufen
Corpus desk
Index DE-umgehung · Umgehung · German
Umgehung · rank #23,340 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,340
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH umfassender
Nearest frequency peer: umfassender (-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 „Umgehung“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Tölz
Tölz
76,664 corpus weight
- Ultras
Ultras
76,663 corpus weight
- umfassender
umfassender
76,662 corpus weight
- Umgehung
Umgehung
76,661 corpus weight
- umsehen
umsehen
76,660 corpus weight
- Unterbau
Unterbau
76,659 corpus weight
What this shows „Umgehung“ 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 | Umgehung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʊmˈɡeːʊŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #23,340 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Umgehung“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Umgehung (IPA [ʊmˈɡeːʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,340 among 2,159 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Umgehung, with forms such as "mugehung", "ugmehung", and "umeghung". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "umgehen", "Umgebung", "umgehend", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Umgehung, spelled U-M-G-E-H-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1im Bogen ein Hindernis umfahren, umlaufen
- 2Vermeidung einer unangenehme Sache
- 3Missachtung einer Vorschrift
- 4Umgehungsstraße
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Umgehung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Noch während Römer und Makedonen sich bekämpften, unterwarf er im Jahr 197 v.Chr. einen Teil Lykiens mit der Stadt Xanthos, zog dann weiter nach Westen und Norden, wo er, unter Umgehung der rhodischen und pergamenischen Besitzungen in Kleinasien, Ephesos einnahm.“
Unter Umgehung einer direkten Konfrontation hat man das Problem dadurch gelöst, dass die Parteien durch Stellvertreter miteinander konferierten.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mugehung
- ugmehung
- umeghung
- umgehhung
- umgehnug
- umgehugn
- umgehungg
- umgehunng
- umgeuhng
- umggehung
- umgheung
- ummgehung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Umgehung - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
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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).