université
[y.ni.vɛʁ.si.te]
The verdict
“université” is uncommon German (frequency #88,427 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,427
- frequency rank, German
- 30,279
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bildung: Institution: Universität, Hochschule
Corpus desk
Index DE-universite · université · German
université · rank #88,427 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,427
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,279
- PHOTO-FINISH unlöslich
Nearest frequency peer: unlöslich (+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 “université”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- unfähiger
unfähiger
11,577 corpus weight
- uninspiriert
uninspiriert
11,576 corpus weight
- université
université
11,574 corpus weight
- unlöslich
unlöslich
11,573 corpus weight
- Unn
Unn
11,572 corpus weight
- unreinen
unreinen
11,571 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “université” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | université |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [y.ni.vɛʁ.si.te] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #88,427 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “université” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
université is uncommon German at frequency #88,427 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [y.ni.vɛʁ.si.te]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for université, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is université, spelled U-N-I-V-E-R-S-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Bildung: Institution: Universität, Hochschule
- 2Bildung: Personen, die an [1] arbeiten: Universität, Hochschule
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 May 6, 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 "université", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.