unrichtig
[ˈʊnˌʁɪçtɪç]
The verdict
“unrichtig” is uncommon German (frequency #50,132 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,132
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - falsch, nicht den Tatsachen, der Wahrheit entsprechend, verkehrt
Corpus desk
Index DE-unrichtig · unrichtig · German
unrichtig · rank #50,132 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,132
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH Unrat
Nearest frequency peer: Unrat (-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 „unrichtig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- ungewollten
ungewollten
49,873 corpus weight
- unkonventio…
unkonventionellen
49,871 corpus weight
- Unrat
Unrat
49,870 corpus weight
- unrichtig
unrichtig
49,869 corpus weight
- unternehme
unternehme
49,868 corpus weight
- unterscheid…
unterscheidbar
49,866 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „unrichtig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unrichtig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnˌʁɪçtɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,132 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unrichtig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unrichtig is uncommon German at frequency #50,132 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnˌʁɪçtɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "falsch, nicht den Tatsachen, der Wahrheit entsprechend, verkehrt".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for unrichtig, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is unrichtig, spelled U-N-R-I-C-H-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1falsch, nicht den Tatsachen, der Wahrheit entsprechend, verkehrt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unrichtig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das häufige Wiederholen einer unrichtigen Behauptung macht diese noch nicht zur Wahrheit.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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