unberechtigt
[ˈʊnbəˌʁɛçtɪçt]
The verdict
“unberechtigt” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #32,325 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #32,325
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zu Unrecht bestehend, keinen guten Grund habend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unberechtigt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnbəˌʁɛçtɪçt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #32,325 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unberechtigt” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for unberechtigt is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʊnbəˌʁɛçtɪçt]. Corpus data places it at rank #32,325 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for unberechtigt, with forms such as "nuberechtigt", "ubnerechtigt", and "unbberechtigt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is unberechtigt, spelled U-N-B-E-R-E-C-H-T-I-G-T.
Definition
- 1zu Unrecht bestehend, keinen guten Grund habend
- 2keine Erlaubnis/Genehmigung/Berechtigung für etwas besitzend
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nuberechtigt,ubnerechtigt,unbberechtigt,unbeerchtigt,unbercehtigt,unberecchtigt,unberechhtigt,unberechitgt,unberechtgit,unberechtiggt,unberechtigtt,unberechtitg,unberechttigt,unberecthigt,unberehctigt,unberrechtigt,unbreechtigt,unebrechtigt,unnberechtigt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unberechtigt - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “unberechtigt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-N-B-E-R-E-C-H-T-I-G-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʊnbəˌʁɛçtɪçt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.