unschädlich
[ˈʊnˌʃɛːtlɪç]
The verdict
“unschädlich” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #31,324 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #31,324
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - keinen Schaden verursachend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unschädlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnˌʃɛːtlɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #31,324 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unschädlich” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for unschädlich is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʊnˌʃɛːtlɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,324 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "keinen Schaden verursachend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for unschädlich, with forms such as "nuschädlich", "uncshädlich", and "unnschädlich". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is unschädlich, spelled U-N-S-C-H-Ä-D-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1keinen Schaden verursachend
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nuschädlich,uncshädlich,unnschädlich,unscchädlich,unschdälich,unschhädlich,unschäddlich,unschädilch,unschädlcih,unschädlicch,unschädlichh,unschädlihc,unschädllich,unschäldich,unscähdlich,unshcädlich,unsschädlich,usnchädlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unschädlich - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “unschädlich”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-N-S-C-H-Ä-D-L-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʊnˌʃɛːtlɪç] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.