Unglücksfall
[ˈʊnɡlʏksˌfal]
The verdict
“Unglücksfall” is uncommon German (frequency #76,317 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,317
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ereignis eines Unglücks
Corpus desk
Index DE-unglucksfall · Unglücksfall · German
Unglücksfall · rank #76,317 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,317
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH ungleicher
Nearest frequency peer: ungleicher (-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 „Unglücksfall“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ungarin
Ungarin
23,687 corpus weight
- ungeübte
ungeübte
23,686 corpus weight
- ungleicher
ungleicher
23,685 corpus weight
- Unglücksfall
Unglücksfall
23,684 corpus weight
- Unsitte
Unsitte
23,683 corpus weight
- unsrem
unsrem
23,682 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Unglücksfall“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Unglücksfall |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊnɡlʏksˌfal] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #76,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Unglücksfall“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Unglücksfall is uncommon German at frequency #76,317 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊnɡlʏksˌfal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ereignis eines Unglücks".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Unglücksfall, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Unglücksfall, spelled U-N-G-L-Ü-C-K-S-F-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1Ereignis eines Unglücks
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Unglücksfall appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Durch solche Unglücksfälle hat die Große Armee mehr Soldaten verloren als durch feindliche Kugeln, erklärte Albrecht.“
„Doch in meinem Alter und bei meiner mangelnden Kenntnis möglicher Unglücksfälle war es mir unmöglich, eine Umsicht aufzubringen, die nur die Folge langer Erfahrung sein konnte.“
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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