unredlich

[ˈʊnˌʁeːtlɪç]

/[ˈʊnˌʁeːtlɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“unredlich” is uncommon German (frequency #92,360 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,360
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - böswillig verschweigend oder die Unwahrheit sagend

Corpus desk

Index DE-unredlich · unredlich · German

unredlich · rank #92,360 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,360
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH unsaubere

Nearest frequency peer: unsaubere (+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 „unredlich“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „unredlich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for unredlich
PropertyValue
Headwordunredlich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʊnˌʁeːtlɪç]
Letters9
Frequency rank#92,360
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „unredlich“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).unredlichfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „unsaubere“ (#92,361), „ungewollter“ (#92,358), „unschlagbaren“ (#92,362). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „unredlich“ bei #92,360. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unredlich is uncommon German at frequency #92,360 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnˌʁeːtlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "böswillig verschweigend oder die Unwahrheit sagend".

unredlich doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 unredlich, spelled U-N-R-E-D-L-I-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    böswillig verschweigend oder die Unwahrheit sagend

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how unredlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Häufig wird Werbung dafür kritisiert mit unredlichen Mitteln zu arbeiten.

Synonyms

unaufrichtigunehrlichverlogen

Antonyms

redlich

This word in other languages

dishonest(English)deshonesto(Español)malhonnête(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unredlich"?
"unredlich" is spelled U-N-R-E-D-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnˌʁeːtlɪç].
What does "unredlich" mean?
As an adjective, "unredlich" means: böswillig verschweigend oder die Unwahrheit sagend
How do you pronounce "unredlich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unredlich" is [ˈʊnˌʁeːtlɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unredlich" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "unredlich", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

unsaubere#92,361veredelte#92,384verfrühte#92,389Tschechin#92,330

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list