unkontrolliert
[ˈʊnkɔntʁɔˌliːɐ̯t]
The verdict
“unkontrolliert” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #27,101 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #27,101
- frequency rank, German
- 14
- letters
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - keine Kontrolle besitzend, ohne Kontrolle sein; nicht kontrolliert
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unkontrolliert |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnkɔntʁɔˌliːɐ̯t] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #27,101 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unkontrolliert” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for unkontrolliert is 14 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʊnkɔntʁɔˌliːɐ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,101 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "keine Kontrolle besitzend, ohne Kontrolle sein; nicht kontrolliert".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for unkontrolliert, with forms such as "nukontrolliert", "uknontrolliert", and "unkkontrolliert". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "unkontrollierte", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is unkontrolliert, spelled U-N-K-O-N-T-R-O-L-L-I-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1keine Kontrolle besitzend, ohne Kontrolle sein; nicht kontrolliert
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nukontrolliert,uknontrolliert,unkkontrolliert,unknotrolliert,unkonntrolliert,unkonrtolliert,unkontorlliert,unkontrloliert,unkontroliert,unkontrolilert,unkontrolleirt,unkontrollierrt,unkontrolliertt,unkontrollietr,unkontrolliret,unkontrrolliert,unkonttrolliert,unkotnrolliert,unnkontrolliert,unokntrolliert
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unkontrolliert - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “unkontrolliert”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-N-K-O-N-T-R-O-L-L-I-E-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʊnkɔntʁɔˌliːɐ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “unkontrollierte” - see the side-by-side comparison. unkontrolliert vs unkontrollierte
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.