universale

[univɛʁˈzaːlə]

/[univɛʁˈzaːlə]/ adj

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The verdict

“universale” is uncommon German (frequency #59,269 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,269
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs universal

Corpus desk

Index DE-universale · universale · German

universale · rank #59,269 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,269
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH ungehalten

Nearest frequency peer: ungehalten (-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 „universale“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for universale
PropertyValue
Headworduniversale
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[univɛʁˈzaːlə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#59,269
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „universale“ im Deutschen

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ungehalten“ (#59,268), „unlösbare“ (#59,270), „unbeweglich“ (#59,267). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „universale“ bei #59,269. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

universale is uncommon German at frequency #59,269 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [univɛʁˈzaːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for universale, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 universale, spelled U-N-I-V-E-R-S-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs universal
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs universal
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs universal
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs universal
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs universal
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs universal
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs universal
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs universal
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs universal

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 "universale"?
"universale" is spelled U-N-I-V-E-R-S-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [univɛʁˈzaːlə].
What does "universale" mean?
As an adjective, "universale" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs universal
How do you pronounce "universale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "universale" is [univɛʁˈzaːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "universale" come from?
"universale" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ungehalten#59,268unpassende#59,271umgedeutet#59,261Trossingen#59,254

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list