Unfallursache
[ˈʊnfalʔuːɐ̯ˌzaxə]
The verdict
“Unfallursache” is uncommon German (frequency #69,808 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,808
- frequency rank, German
- 30,279
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Auslöser für einen Vorfall, bei dem ein Schaden an Personen, Tieren oder Sachen entsteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-unfallursache · Unfallursache · German
Unfallursache · rank #69,808 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,808
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,279
- PHOTO-FINISH unergründlich
Nearest frequency peer: unergründlich (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Unfallursache”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- unbefugten
unbefugten
30,196 corpus weight
- uneinsichtig
uneinsichtig
30,195 corpus weight
- unergründli…
unergründlich
30,194 corpus weight
- Unfallursac…
Unfallursache
30,193 corpus weight
- unfrei
unfrei
30,191 corpus weight
- ungeliebte
ungeliebte
30,190 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Unfallursache” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Unfallursache |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊnfalʔuːɐ̯ˌzaxə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #69,808 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Unfallursache” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Unfallursache is uncommon German at frequency #69,808 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊnfalʔuːɐ̯ˌzaxə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Auslöser für einen Vorfall, bei dem ein Schaden an Personen, Tieren oder Sachen entsteht".
Zero misspellings are on record for Unfallursache in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Unfallursache, spelled U-N-F-A-L-L-U-R-S-A-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Auslöser für einen Vorfall, bei dem ein Schaden an Personen, Tieren oder Sachen entsteht
Synonyms
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 "Unfallursache", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.