Ungenauigkeit
[ˈʊnɡənaʊ̯ɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Ungenauigkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #65,787 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,787
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft/Zustand, nicht präzise, genau zu sein, also nur ungefähr zu sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-ungenauigkeit · Ungenauigkeit · German
Ungenauigkeit · rank #65,787 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,787
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH unbewohnten
Nearest frequency peer: unbewohnten (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Ungenauigkeit“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- unauffindbar
unauffindbar
34,217 corpus weight
- unbelastet
unbelastet
34,216 corpus weight
- unbewohnten
unbewohnten
34,215 corpus weight
- Ungenauigke…
Ungenauigkeit
34,214 corpus weight
- ungepflegt
ungepflegt
34,213 corpus weight
- Ungetüm
Ungetüm
34,212 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ungenauigkeit“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ungenauigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊnɡənaʊ̯ɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #65,787 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ungenauigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ungenauigkeit is uncommon German at frequency #65,787 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊnɡənaʊ̯ɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Ungenauigkeit has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Ungenauigkeit, spelled U-N-G-E-N-A-U-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft/Zustand, nicht präzise, genau zu sein, also nur ungefähr zu sein
- 2etwas, das [1] hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ungenauigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die in den Messungen steckende Ungenauigkeit beträgt etwa 90 Sekunden.“
„Die Ungenauigkeit von 47 ppm (Teile pro Million), bislang ein großes Problem, konnte deutlich auf 12 ppm gesenkt werden.“
Antonyms
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 "Ungenauigkeit", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).