unkorrekt
[ˈʊnkɔˌʁɛkt]
The verdict
“unkorrekt” is uncommon German (frequency #93,749 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,749
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht korrekt, nicht so, wie man es von einem wohlerzogenen und umsichtigen Menschen erwartet
Corpus desk
Index DE-unkorrekt · unkorrekt · German
unkorrekt · rank #93,749 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,749
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH Universalität
Nearest frequency peer: Universalität (-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 „unkorrekt“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- unerfahrener
unerfahrener
6,255 corpus weight
- Universalit…
Universalität
6,253 corpus weight
- unkorrekt
unkorrekt
6,252 corpus weight
- unsinniger
unsinniger
6,251 corpus weight
- unsinniges
unsinniges
6,250 corpus weight
- Unstimmigke…
Unstimmigkeit
6,249 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „unkorrekt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unkorrekt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnkɔˌʁɛkt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,749 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unkorrekt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unkorrekt is uncommon German at frequency #93,749 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnkɔˌʁɛkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for unkorrekt, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is unkorrekt, spelled U-N-K-O-R-R-E-K-T.
Definition
- 1nicht korrekt, nicht so, wie man es von einem wohlerzogenen und umsichtigen Menschen erwartet
- 2nicht richtig, sondern falsch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unkorrekt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zweifellos hatte der Lehrer M. unkorrekt gehandelt. Auf keinen Fall durfte er G., deren Schwatzhaftigkeit ihm aus dem Unterricht auch gut bekannt war, Möglichkeiten zur Verbreitung solcher Belastungsargumente bieten.“
Unkorrekt sitzende Kleidung und ein zu tiefes Dekolletee machen einen schlechten Eindruck.
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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