unfair
[ˈʊnˌfɛːɐ̯]
The verdict
“unfair” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,472. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,472
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht (moralisch, ethisch) gerecht (fair) oder nicht den (sportlichen, zwischenmenschlichen) Regeln (der Fairness) entsprechend
Corpus desk
Index DE-unfair · unfair · German
unfair · rank #9,472 · 8 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,472
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH Tüte
Nearest frequency peer: Tüte (-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 „unfair“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Triumph
Triumph
90,532 corpus weight
- Ts
Ts
90,531 corpus weight
- Tüte
Tüte
90,530 corpus weight
- unfair
unfair
90,529 corpus weight
- ungeachtet
ungeachtet
90,528 corpus weight
- Untertitel
Untertitel
90,527 corpus weight
What this shows „unfair“ 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 | unfair |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnˌfɛːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,472 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „unfair“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around unfair (IPA [ˈʊnˌfɛːɐ̯]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,472 among 2,159 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "nicht (moralisch, ethisch) gerecht (fair) oder nicht den (sportlichen, zwischenmenschlichen) Regeln (der Fairness) entsprechend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for unfair, with forms such as "nufair", "ufnair", and "unafir". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Unfall", "unwahr", "unfähig", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 unfair, spelled U-N-F-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1nicht (moralisch, ethisch) gerecht (fair) oder nicht den (sportlichen, zwischenmenschlichen) Regeln (der Fairness) entsprechend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unfair appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Scheidungskrieg wird schon mal gerne zu unfairen Mitteln gegriffen.
„Unfaires Verhalten im sportlichen Wettbewerb ist also insoweit ein Strafrechtsproblem, wie es zur Gefährdung oder Verletzung anerkannter strafrechtlich zu schützender Individualrechtsgüter führt.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nufair
- ufnair
- unafir
- unfairr
- unfari
- unffair
- unfiar
- unnfair
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unfair - 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 "unfair", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).