unbequem
[ˈʊnbəˌkveːm]
The verdict
“unbequem” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,741. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,741
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht gemütlich, bei der Benutzung ein unangenehmes Gefühl hervorrufend
Corpus desk
Index DE-unbequem · unbequem · German
unbequem · rank #19,741 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,741
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH Umbauen
Nearest frequency peer: Umbauen (-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 „unbequem“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- trockener
trockener
80,263 corpus weight
- Umbauen
Umbauen
80,261 corpus weight
- unbequem
unbequem
80,260 corpus weight
- unerwünscht
unerwünscht
80,259 corpus weight
- unglücklich…
unglücklichen
80,258 corpus weight
- Unterfangen
Unterfangen
80,257 corpus weight
What this shows „unbequem“ 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 | unbequem |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnbəˌkveːm] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #19,741 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „unbequem“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around unbequem (IPA [ˈʊnbəˌkveːm]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,741 among 2,159 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for unbequem, with forms such as "nubequem", "ubnequem", and "unbbequem". 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. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "unbequeme", "unbequemen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is unbequem, spelled U-N-B-E-Q-U-E-M.
Definition
- 1nicht gemütlich, bei der Benutzung ein unangenehmes Gefühl hervorrufend
- 2so, dass es zusätzliche Anstrengung bedeutet; so, dass es komplizierter wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unbequem appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieses Sofa ist aber unbequem. Ich habe noch nie auf einem unbequemeren Sofa gesessen.
Der Journalist ist bekannt dafür, unbequeme Fragen zu stellen.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nubequem
- ubnequem
- unbbequem
- unbeqeum
- unbeqquem
- unbequemm
- unbequme
- unbeuqem
- unbqeuem
- unebquem
- unnbequem
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unbequem - 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.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "unbequem", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (11 here; floor ≥5).