Unfug
[ˈʊnfuːk]
The verdict
“Unfug” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,236. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,236
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unsinniger oder ungehöriger Zustand; unsinnige oder ungehörige Handlung
Corpus desk
Index DE-unfug · Unfug · German
Unfug · rank #15,236 · 7 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,236
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH undenkbar
Nearest frequency peer: undenkbar (-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 „Unfug“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Treibstoff
Treibstoff
84,768 corpus weight
- undenkbar
undenkbar
84,766 corpus weight
- Unfug
Unfug
84,765 corpus weight
- Untersuchun…
Untersuchungsausschuss
84,764 corpus weight
- ununterbroc…
ununterbrochen
84,763 corpus weight
- Utopie
Utopie
84,762 corpus weight
What this shows „Unfug“ 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 | Unfug |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊnfuːk] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #15,236 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Unfug“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Unfug (IPA [ˈʊnfuːk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,236 among 2,159 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "unsinniger oder ungehöriger Zustand; unsinnige oder ungehörige Handlung".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Unfug, with forms such as "nufug", "ufnug", and "unffug". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Unmut", "ungut", "unklug", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Unfug, spelled U-N-F-U-G.
Definition
- 1unsinniger oder ungehöriger Zustand; unsinnige oder ungehörige Handlung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Unfug appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es ist ein Unfug, die Kinder zu erziehen, will sagen, ihnen zu befehlen, dafür aber den Erwachsenen zu gehorchen. Es ist schon deshalb ein Unfug, weil die Kindheit Stil hat und eine freimütige Vornehmheit, die man wohl zerstören, aber durch nichts ersetzen kann.
Daniels Sohn hat sich mit ihm auch angefreundet, die beiden pokulieren und würfeln zusammen und treiben viel Unfug.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nufug
- ufnug
- unffug
- unfgu
- unfugg
- unnfug
- unufg
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Unfug - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Unfug", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).