unkorrekt

/[ˈʊnkɔˌʁɛkt]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#93,749

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

unkorrekt is anGermanadj. It means: nicht korrekt, nicht so, wie man es von einem wohlerzogenen und umsichtigen Menschen erwartet Pronounced [ˈʊnkɔˌʁɛkt].

Key facts for unkorrekt
PropertyValue
Headwordunkorrekt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈʊnkɔˌʁɛkt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#93,749
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for unkorrekt is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʊnkɔˌʁɛkt]. Corpus data places it at rank #93,749 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for unkorrekt in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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.

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 unkorrekt, spelled U-N-K-O-R-R-E-K-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    nicht korrekt, nicht so, wie man es von einem wohlerzogenen und umsichtigen Menschen erwartet
  2. 2
    nicht richtig, sondern falsch

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #93,749 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unkorrekt"?
"unkorrekt" is spelled U-N-K-O-R-R-E-K-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnkɔˌʁɛkt].
What does "unkorrekt" mean?
As an adj, "unkorrekt" means: nicht korrekt, nicht so, wie man es von einem wohlerzogenen und umsichtigen Menschen erwartet
How do you pronounce "unkorrekt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unkorrekt" is [ˈʊnkɔˌʁɛkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unkorrekt" come from?
"unkorrekt" 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.