umleiten

[ˈʊmˌlaɪ̯tn̩]

/[ˈʊmˌlaɪ̯tn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“umleiten” is uncommon German (frequency #60,174 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,174
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (den Verkehr) über eine Ausweichstrecke führen

Corpus desk

Index DE-umleiten · umleiten · German

umleiten · rank #60,174 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,174
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH umkrempeln

Nearest frequency peer: umkrempeln (-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 „umleiten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for umleiten
PropertyValue
Headwordumleiten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʊmˌlaɪ̯tn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,174
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „umleiten“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „umkrempeln“ (#60,173), „umzieht“ (#60,175), „umgetauscht“ (#60,172). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „umleiten“ bei #60,174. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

umleiten is uncommon German at frequency #60,174 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʊmˌlaɪ̯tn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for umleiten in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is umleiten, spelled U-M-L-E-I-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    (den Verkehr) über eine Ausweichstrecke führen
  2. 2
    zu einem anderen Ziel bringen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how umleiten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Mitten in London war ein neuer See entstanden, der Verkehr musste umgeleitet werden, es kam zu Staus, und Sheila fragte sich, ob es überhaupt Sinn hatte, zu Silva Mancini zu fahren.“
  2. „Wenn die ICE-Züge wegen Baustellen nicht gerade umgeleitet werden, dann gondeln sie kilometerlang durchs Idyll des Saaletals, von Hochgeschwindigkeit keine Spur.“

This word in other languages

divert(English)desviar(Español)desviar(Português)

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 "umleiten"?
"umleiten" is spelled U-M-L-E-I-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊmˌlaɪ̯tn̩].
What does "umleiten" mean?
As a verb, "umleiten" means: (den Verkehr) über eine Ausweichstrecke führen
How do you pronounce "umleiten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "umleiten" is [ˈʊmˌlaɪ̯tn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "umleiten" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

umbrella#60,171tiefstes#60,149verheizt#60,205Teuerung#60,141

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list