umgekehrten

/[ˈʊmɡəˌkeːɐ̯tn̩]/ adj

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Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,352

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

umgekehrten is anGermanadj. It means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs umgekehrt Pronounced [ˈʊmɡəˌkeːɐ̯tn̩]. Often confused with umgekehrter and umgekehrt.

Key facts for umgekehrten
PropertyValue
Headwordumgekehrten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈʊmɡəˌkeːɐ̯tn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#33,352
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of umgekehrten in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for umgekehrten is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʊmɡəˌkeːɐ̯tn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,352 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 20 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for umgekehrten, with forms such as "mugekehrten", "ugmekehrten", and "umegkehrten". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "umgekehrter", "umgekehrt", "umgekehrte", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is umgekehrten, spelled U-M-G-E-K-E-H-R-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs umgekehrt
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs umgekehrt
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs umgekehrt
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural der starken Flexion des Adjektivs umgekehrt
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs umgekehrt
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs umgekehrt
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs umgekehrt
  8. 8
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs umgekehrt
  9. 9
    Dativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs umgekehrt
  10. 10
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs umgekehrt
  11. 11
    Dativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs umgekehrt
  12. 12
    Plural der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs umgekehrt
  13. 13
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs umgekehrt
  14. 14
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs umgekehrt
  15. 15
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs umgekehrt
  16. 16
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs umgekehrt
  17. 17
    Dativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs umgekehrt
  18. 18
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs umgekehrt
  19. 19
    Dativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs umgekehrt
  20. 20
    Plural der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs umgekehrt

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mugekehrten,ugmekehrten,umegkehrten,umgeekhrten,umgekehhrten,umgekehretn,umgekehrrten,umgekehrtenn,umgekehrtne,umgekehrtten,umgekehtren,umgekerhten,umgekherten,umgekkehrten,umggekehrten,umgkeehrten,ummgekehrten

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for umgekehrten

Misspelling Variants of "umgekehrten"

mugekehrten11ugmekehrten11umegkehrten11umgeekhrten11umgekehhrten12umgekehretn11umgekehrrten12umgekehrtenn12
Misspelling Variants of "umgekehrten"

Frequency rank: #33,352 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "umgekehrten"?
"umgekehrten" is spelled U-M-G-E-K-E-H-R-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊmɡəˌkeːɐ̯tn̩].
What does "umgekehrten" mean?
As an adj, "umgekehrten" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs umgekehrt
What words are commonly confused with "umgekehrten"?
"umgekehrten" is commonly confused with "umgekehrter", "umgekehrt", "umgekehrte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "umgekehrten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "umgekehrten" is [ˈʊmɡəˌkeːɐ̯tn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "umgekehrten" come from?
"umgekehrten" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.