unerwartet
[ˈʊnɛɐ̯ˌvaʁtət]
The verdict
“unerwartet” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #8,148 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #8,148
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - von wenigen oder keinem erwartet
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 | unerwartet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnɛɐ̯ˌvaʁtət] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #8,148 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unerwartet” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for unerwartet is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʊnɛɐ̯ˌvaʁtət]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,148 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "von wenigen oder keinem erwartet".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for unerwartet, with forms such as "nuerwartet", "uenrwartet", and "unerawrtet". 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. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "unerwartete", "unerwarteten", "unerwartetes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is unerwartet, spelled U-N-E-R-W-A-R-T-E-T.
Definition
- 1von wenigen oder keinem erwartet
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nuerwartet,uenrwartet,unerawrtet,unerrwartet,unerwarett,unerwarrtet,unerwartett,unerwartte,unerwarttet,unerwatret,unerwratet,unerwwartet,unewrartet,unnerwartet,unrewartet
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unerwartet - 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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Using “unerwartet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-N-E-R-W-A-R-T-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʊnɛɐ̯ˌvaʁtət] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “unerwartete” - see the side-by-side comparison. unerwartet vs unerwartete
- 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.