unlängst
[ˈʊnlɛŋst]
The verdict
“unlängst” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,160. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,160
- frequency rank, German
- 30,279
- “U” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - vor nicht allzu langer Zeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-unlangst · unlängst · German
unlängst · rank #24,160 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,160
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,279
- PHOTO-FINISH Universitätsb…
Nearest frequency peer: Universitätsbibliothek (-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 “unlängst”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- unbezahlbar
unbezahlbar
75,844 corpus weight
- unermüdlich
unermüdlich
75,843 corpus weight
- Universität…
Universitätsbibliothek
75,842 corpus weight
- unlängst
unlängst
75,841 corpus weight
- unmissverst…
unmissverständlich
75,840 corpus weight
- Unterbewuss…
Unterbewusstsein
75,839 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “unlängst” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unlängst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈʊnlɛŋst] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #24,160 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unlängst” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around unlängst (IPA [ˈʊnlɛŋst]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #24,160 among 30,279 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "vor nicht allzu langer Zeit".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for unlängst, with forms such as "nulängst", "ulnängst", and "unllängst". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 unlängst, spelled U-N-L-Ä-N-G-S-T.
Definition
- 1vor nicht allzu langer Zeit
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nulängst
- ulnängst
- unllängst
- unlnägst
- unlägnst
- unlänggst
- unlängsst
- unlängstt
- unlängts
- unlänngst
- unlänsgt
- unnlängst
- unälngst
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unlängst - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "unlängst", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
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.