unerträglich
[ˈʊnʔɛɐ̯ˌtʁɛːklɪç]
The verdict
“unerträglich” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,191. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,191
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dergestalt, dass es nicht ausgehalten werden kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-unertraglich · unerträglich · German
unerträglich · rank #10,191 · 19 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #10,191
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH Tuch
Nearest frequency peer: Tuch (-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 „unerträglich“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Toiletten
Toiletten
89,813 corpus weight
- tool
tool
89,812 corpus weight
- Tuch
Tuch
89,811 corpus weight
- unerträglich
unerträglich
89,810 corpus weight
- Unterhalt
Unterhalt
89,809 corpus weight
- unterschätzt
unterschätzt
89,808 corpus weight
What this shows „unerträglich“ 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 | unerträglich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnʔɛɐ̯ˌtʁɛːklɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #10,191 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „unerträglich“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around unerträglich (IPA [ˈʊnʔɛɐ̯ˌtʁɛːklɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,191 among 2,159 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for unerträglich, with forms such as "nuerträglich", "uenrträglich", and "unerrträglich". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "unerträgliche", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is unerträglich, spelled U-N-E-R-T-R-Ä-G-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1dergestalt, dass es nicht ausgehalten werden kann
- 2auf andere abstoßend wirkend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unerträglich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Schmerzen nach der Operation waren anfangs unerträglich.
Er ist ein unerträglicher Mensch.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nuerträglich
- uenrträglich
- unerrträglich
- unerrtäglich
- unertrgälich
- unertrräglich
- unerträgglich
- unerträgilch
- unerträglcih
- unerträglicch
- unerträglichh
- unerträglihc
- unerträgllich
- unerträlgich
- unertträglich
- unertärglich
- unetrräglich
- unnerträglich
- unreträglich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unerträglich - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "unerträglich", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).