ungleich
[ˈʊnɡlaɪ̯ç]
The verdict
“ungleich” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,045. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,045
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - (in bestimmten Eigenschaften) nicht gleich, nicht identisch, nicht übereinstimmend
Corpus desk
Index DE-ungleich · ungleich · German
ungleich · rank #13,045 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,045
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH ungeheuer
Nearest frequency peer: ungeheuer (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ungleich”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Type
Type
86,959 corpus weight
- Unfähigkeit
Unfähigkeit
86,958 corpus weight
- ungeheuer
ungeheuer
86,957 corpus weight
- ungleich
ungleich
86,956 corpus weight
- Ungleichheit
Ungleichheit
86,955 corpus weight
- ungültig
ungültig
86,954 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ungleich” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | ungleich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnɡlaɪ̯ç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #13,045 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ungleich” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around ungleich (IPA [ˈʊnɡlaɪ̯ç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,045 among 2,159 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(in bestimmten Eigenschaften) nicht gleich, nicht identisch, nicht übereinstimmend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ungleich, with forms such as "nugleich", "ugnleich", and "ungelich". 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, "ungleiche", "ungleichen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 ungleich, spelled U-N-G-L-E-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1(in bestimmten Eigenschaften) nicht gleich, nicht identisch, nicht übereinstimmend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ungleich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Maria und Judith sind ungleiche Schwestern.
Der Gini-Koeffizient beschreibt das Ausmaß, wie ungleich Vermögen innerhalb einer Gesellschaft verteilt sind.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nugleich
- ugnleich
- ungelich
- unggleich
- unglecih
- ungleicch
- ungleichh
- ungleihc
- ungliech
- unglleich
- unlgeich
- unngleich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ungleich - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ungleich", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
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.