unehelich
[ˈʊnˌʔeːəlɪç]
The verdict
“unehelich” is uncommon German (frequency #83,419 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,419
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht aus einer gültigen Ehe stammend (Nachkommen)
Corpus desk
Index DE-unehelich · unehelich · German
unehelich · rank #83,419 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,419
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH unbenutzbar
Nearest frequency peer: unbenutzbar (-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 „unehelich“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- unbedarft
unbedarft
16,584 corpus weight
- unbenutzbar
unbenutzbar
16,583 corpus weight
- unehelich
unehelich
16,582 corpus weight
- unethisch
unethisch
16,581 corpus weight
- ungeheuerli…
ungeheuerliche
16,580 corpus weight
- ungeplante
ungeplante
16,579 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „unehelich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unehelich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnˌʔeːəlɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #83,419 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unehelich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unehelich is uncommon German at frequency #83,419 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnˌʔeːəlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for unehelich, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is unehelich, spelled U-N-E-H-E-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1nicht aus einer gültigen Ehe stammend (Nachkommen)
- 2nicht auf die Ehe bezogen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unehelich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie ist die uneheliche Tochter einer Schauspielerin, sie sagt, das sei eine Schande.“
„Ihre Mutter, die sich als Linotypistin durchschlug, hatte das uneheliche Kind vorzeitig aus der Schule genommen, damit es zum Lebensunterhalt beitrage.“
This word in other languages
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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