unschuldig
[ˈʊnʃʊldɪç]
The verdict
“unschuldig” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,299. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,299
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Schuld, nicht schuldig
Corpus desk
Index DE-unschuldig · unschuldig · German
unschuldig · rank #8,299 · 16 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,299
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH Ungern
Nearest frequency peer: Ungern (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “unschuldig”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- trost
trost
91,705 corpus weight
- umfassend
umfassend
91,704 corpus weight
- Ungern
Ungern
91,703 corpus weight
- unschuldig
unschuldig
91,702 corpus weight
- unterliegen
unterliegen
91,701 corpus weight
- unterzeichn…
unterzeichnet
91,700 corpus weight
What this shows “unschuldig” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unschuldig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnʃʊldɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #8,299 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “unschuldig” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around unschuldig (IPA [ˈʊnʃʊldɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,299 among 2,159 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for unschuldig, with forms such as "nuschuldig", "uncshuldig", and "unnschuldig". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Unschuldige", "unschuldigen", "Unschuldiger", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is unschuldig, spelled U-N-S-C-H-U-L-D-I-G.
Definition
- 1ohne Schuld, nicht schuldig
- 2moralisch und sittlich rein, zur Sünde unfähig
- 3nichts Böses oder Schlechtes bergend
- 4ohne sexuelle Erfahrungen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unschuldig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Angeklagte wurde für unschuldig befunden.
[Verurteilung von Jesus Christus:] „Da aber Pilatus sah, dass er nichts ausrichtete, sondern das Getümmel immer größer wurde, nahm er Wasser und wusch sich die Hände vor dem Volk und sprach: Ich bin unschuldig am Blut dieses Menschen; seht ihr zu!“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nuschuldig
- uncshuldig
- unnschuldig
- unscchuldig
- unschhuldig
- unschludig
- unschudlig
- unschulddig
- unschuldgi
- unschuldigg
- unschulidg
- unschulldig
- unscuhldig
- unshculdig
- unsschuldig
- usnchuldig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unschuldig - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "unschuldig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).