unglaublich

/[ʊnˈɡlaʊ̯plɪç]/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,614

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

unglaublich is anGermanadj. It means: nicht zu glauben, unwahrscheinlich Pronounced [ʊnˈɡlaʊ̯plɪç]. It ranks #1,614 in German word frequency. Often confused with unglaubliche and unglaublichen.

Key facts for unglaublich
PropertyValue
Headwordunglaublich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ʊnˈɡlaʊ̯plɪç]
Letters11
Frequency rank#1,614
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of unglaublich in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for unglaublich is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʊnˈɡlaʊ̯plɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,614 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for unglaublich, with forms such as "nuglaublich", "ugnlaublich", and "ungalublich". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "unglaubliche", "unglaublichen", "unglaubliches", 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, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is unglaublich, spelled U-N-G-L-A-U-B-L-I-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    nicht zu glauben, unwahrscheinlich
  2. 2
    von außergewöhnlicher Größe, Intensität, Zahl
  3. 3
    Ärger, Empörung verursachend, nicht angemessen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nuglaublich,ugnlaublich,ungalublich,ungglaublich,unglabulich,unglaubblich,unglaubilch,unglaublcih,unglaublicch,unglaublichh,unglaublihc,unglaubllich,unglaulbich,ungllaublich,ungluablich,unlgaublich,unnglaublich

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for unglaublich

Misspelling Variants of "unglaublich"

nuglaublich11ugnlaublich11ungalublich11ungglaublich12unglabulich11unglaubblich12unglaubilch11unglaublcih11
Misspelling Variants of "unglaublich"

Frequency rank: #1,614 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unglaublich"?
"unglaublich" is spelled U-N-G-L-A-U-B-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ʊnˈɡlaʊ̯plɪç].
What does "unglaublich" mean?
As an adj, "unglaublich" means: nicht zu glauben, unwahrscheinlich
What words are commonly confused with "unglaublich"?
"unglaublich" is commonly confused with "unglaubliche", "unglaublichen", "unglaubliches". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "unglaublich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unglaublich" is [ʊnˈɡlaʊ̯plɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unglaublich" come from?
"unglaublich" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.