ungut

/[ˈʊnˌɡuːt]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,362

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

ungut is anGermanadj. It means: in Redensarten: schlecht Pronounced [ˈʊnˌɡuːt]. Often confused with unt and unit.

Key facts for ungut
PropertyValue
Headwordungut
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈʊnˌɡuːt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#25,362
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for ungut is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʊnˌɡuːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,362 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "in Redensarten: schlecht".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for ungut, with forms such as "nugut", "ugnut", and "unggut". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "unt", "unit", "Unmut", 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 ungut, spelled U-N-G-U-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    in Redensarten: schlecht

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nugut,ugnut,unggut,ungtu,ungutt,unngut,unugt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ungut

Misspelling Variants of "ungut"

nugut5ugnut5unggut6ungtu5ungutt6unngut6unugt5
Misspelling Variants of "ungut"

Frequency rank: #25,362 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ungut"?
"ungut" is spelled U-N-G-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnˌɡuːt].
What does "ungut" mean?
As an adj, "ungut" means: in Redensarten: schlecht
What words are commonly confused with "ungut"?
"ungut" is commonly confused with "unt", "unit", "Unmut". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ungut"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ungut" is [ˈʊnˌɡuːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ungut" come from?
"ungut" 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.