ungenügend
[ˈʊnɡəˌnyːɡn̩t]
The verdict
“ungenügend” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #28,894. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,894
- frequency rank, German
- 30,279
- “U” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in Deutschland, keine Steigerung: schlechteste Schulnote; eine Sechs
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ungenügend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnɡəˌnyːɡn̩t] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #28,894 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ungenügend” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around ungenügend (IPA [ˈʊnɡəˌnyːɡn̩t]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,894 among 30,279 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for ungenügend, with forms such as "nugenügend", "ugnenügend", and "unegnügend". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 ungenügend, spelled U-N-G-E-N-Ü-G-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1in Deutschland, keine Steigerung: schlechteste Schulnote; eine Sechs
- 2im Hinblick auf bestimmte Anforderungen nicht hinreichend
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nugenügend
- ugnenügend
- unegnügend
- ungengüend
- ungennügend
- ungenüegnd
- ungenügedn
- ungenügendd
- ungenügennd
- ungenüggend
- ungenügned
- ungeüngend
- unggenügend
- ungneügend
- unngenügend
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ungenügend - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “ungenügend”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-N-G-E-N-Ü-G-E-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʊnɡəˌnyːɡn̩t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.