umgeschaltet

[ˈʊmɡəˌʃaltət]

/[ˈʊmɡəˌʃaltət]/ verb

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The verdict

“umgeschaltet” is uncommon German (frequency #57,489 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,489
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs umschalten

Corpus desk

Index DE-umgeschaltet · umgeschaltet · German

umgeschaltet · rank #57,489 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,489
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH umgehe

Nearest frequency peer: umgehe (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „umgeschaltet“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „umgeschaltet“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for umgeschaltet
PropertyValue
Headwordumgeschaltet
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʊmɡəˌʃaltət]
Letters12
Frequency rank#57,489
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „umgeschaltet“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).umgeschaltetfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „umgehe“ (#57,488), „UMP“ (#57,490), „Umweltbewusstsein“ (#57,491). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „umgeschaltet“ bei #57,489. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

umgeschaltet is uncommon German at frequency #57,489 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʊmɡəˌʃaltət]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs umschalten".

No misspelling variants are generated for umgeschaltet in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is umgeschaltet, spelled U-M-G-E-S-C-H-A-L-T-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs umschalten

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "umgeschaltet"?
"umgeschaltet" is spelled U-M-G-E-S-C-H-A-L-T-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊmɡəˌʃaltət].
What does "umgeschaltet" mean?
As a verb, "umgeschaltet" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs umschalten
How do you pronounce "umgeschaltet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "umgeschaltet" is [ˈʊmɡəˌʃaltət]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "umgeschaltet" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "umgeschaltet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

unangemeldet#57,493Treibhausgas#57,479unsererseits#57,500verbessertes#57,518

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list