Unglücksfall

[ˈʊnɡlʏksˌfal]

/[ˈʊnɡlʏksˌfal]/ noun

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

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Unglücksfall“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Unglücksfall
PropertyValue
HeadwordUnglücksfall
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʊnɡlʏksˌfal]
Letters12
Frequency rank#76,317
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Unglücksfall“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Unglücksfallfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ungleicher“ (#76,316), „Unsitte“ (#76,318), „ungeübte“ (#76,315). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „Unglücksfall“ bei #76,317. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Ereignis eines Unglücks

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Unglücksfall appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Durch solche Unglücksfälle hat die Große Armee mehr Soldaten verloren als durch feindliche Kugeln, erklärte Albrecht.“
  2. „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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Unglücksfall"?
"Unglücksfall" is spelled U-N-G-L-Ü-C-K-S-F-A-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnɡlʏksˌfal].
What does "Unglücksfall" mean?
As a noun, "Unglücksfall" means: Ereignis eines Unglücks
How do you pronounce "Unglücksfall"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Unglücksfall" is [ˈʊnɡlʏksˌfal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Unglücksfall", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list