ungefähre

Name: ungefähre, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈʊnɡəfɛːʁə]

/[ˈʊnɡəfɛːʁə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“ungefähre” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,830. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,830
frequency rank, German: 2,159
“U” headwords: 13
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ungefähr

Corpus desk

Index DE-ungefahre · ungefähre · German

ungefähre · rank #29,830 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #29,830
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-HIGH 13 variants
BOOK-MID 2,159
PHOTO-FINISH unbehelligt

Nearest frequency peer: unbehelligt (-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.

Umgangs

70,174
umrahmt

70,173
unbehelligt

70,172
ungefähre

70,171
ungleiche

70,170
Unterhaus

70,168

What this shows „ungefähre“ 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).

ungefähre vs ungefähren

90% similar

ungefähre vs ungefähr

89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ungefähre
Property	Value
Headword	ungefähre
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈʊnɡəfɛːʁə]
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#29,830
Misspellings tracked	13
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „ungefähre“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.ungefähreliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#29,830

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „unbehelligt“ (#29,829), „ungleiche“ (#29,831), „umrahmt“ (#29,828). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „ungefähre“ bei #29,830. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around ungefähre (IPA [ˈʊnɡəfɛːʁə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,830 among 2,159 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for ungefähre, with forms such as "nugefähre", "ugnefähre", and "unegfähre". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ungefähren", "ungefähr", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is ungefähre, spelled U-N-G-E-F-Ä-H-R-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ungefähr
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ungefähr
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ungefähr
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ungefähr
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ungefähr
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ungefähr
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ungefähr
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ungefähr
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ungefähr

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

nugefähre
ugnefähre
unegfähre
ungeffähre
ungefhäre
ungefäher
ungefähhre
ungefährre
ungefärhe
ungeäfhre
ungfeähre
unggefähre
unngefähre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ungefähre - 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.

Edit distance from "ungefähre"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ungefähre"?

"ungefähre" is spelled U-N-G-E-F-Ä-H-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnɡəfɛːʁə].

What does "ungefähre" mean?

As an adjective, "ungefähre" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ungefähr

What words are commonly confused with "ungefähre"?

"ungefähre" is commonly confused with "ungefähren", "ungefähr". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "ungefähre"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ungefähre" is [ˈʊnɡəfɛːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "ungefähre" come from?

"ungefähre" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ungefähre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ungleiche#29,831 Unterhaus#29,833 Trampolin#29,820 Säuberung#29,811

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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