unbegreiflich

Name: unbegreiflich, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈʊnbəˌɡʁaɪ̯flɪç]

/[ˈʊnbəˌɡʁaɪ̯flɪç]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“unbegreiflich” has 20 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,379. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,379
frequency rank, German: 2,159
“U” headwords: 20
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so, dass es zumindest jetzt nicht zu verstehen, begreifen ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-unbegreiflich · unbegreiflich · German

unbegreiflich · rank #29,379 · 20 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #29,379
LEN-MEGA 13 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 20 variants
BOOK-MID 2,159
PHOTO-FINISH unaufhaltsam

Nearest frequency peer: unaufhaltsam (-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.

Töpfer

70,624
unaufhaltsam

70,623
unbegreifli…

70,622
uneingeschr…

70,621
ungläubig

70,620
Universität…

70,619

What this shows „unbegreiflich“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Key facts for unbegreiflich
Property	Value
Headword	unbegreiflich
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈʊnbəˌɡʁaɪ̯flɪç]
Letters	13
Frequency rank	#29,379
Misspellings tracked	20
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „unbegreiflich“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).unbegreiflichliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#29,379

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „unaufhaltsam“ (#29,378), „uneingeschränkte“ (#29,380), „Töpfer“ (#29,377). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „unbegreiflich“ bei #29,379. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around unbegreiflich (IPA [ˈʊnbəˌɡʁaɪ̯flɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,379 among 2,159 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for unbegreiflich, with forms such as "nubegreiflich", "ubnegreiflich", and "unbbegreiflich". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is unbegreiflich, spelled U-N-B-E-G-R-E-I-F-L-I-C-H.

Definition

1
so, dass es zumindest jetzt nicht zu verstehen, begreifen ist
2
so extrem, dass kein Vergleich möglich ist
3
in hohem Maße
4
so, dass es – körperlich – nicht zu greifen, zu berühren ist
5
von größter Besonderheit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Es ist unbegreiflich, wie er den schweren Unfall überleben konnte.
Es ist mir unbegreiflich, wie du das aushältst!

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

nubegreiflich
ubnegreiflich
unbbegreiflich
unbegeriflich
unbeggreiflich
unbegrefilich
unbegreifflich
unbegreifilch
unbegreiflcih
unbegreiflicch
unbegreiflichh
unbegreiflihc
unbegreifllich
unbegreilfich
unbegrieflich
unbegrreiflich
unbergeiflich
unbgereiflich
unebgreiflich
unnbegreiflich

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unbegreiflich - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "unbegreiflich"

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 "unbegreiflich"?

"unbegreiflich" is spelled U-N-B-E-G-R-E-I-F-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnbəˌɡʁaɪ̯flɪç].

What does "unbegreiflich" mean?

As an adjective, "unbegreiflich" means: so, dass es zumindest jetzt nicht zu verstehen, begreifen ist

What are common misspellings of "unbegreiflich"?

Common misspellings include "nubegreiflich", "ubnegreiflich", "unbbegreiflich", "unbegeriflich", "unbeggreiflich". The correct spelling is "unbegreiflich".

How do you pronounce "unbegreiflich"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unbegreiflich" is [ˈʊnbəˌɡʁaɪ̯flɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "unbegreiflich" come from?

"unbegreiflich" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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Similar misspelling depth

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