unselige

[ˈʊnˌzeːlɪɡə]

/[ˈʊnˌzeːlɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“unselige” is uncommon German (frequency #99,229 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,229
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unselig

Corpus desk

Index DE-unselige · unselige · German

unselige · rank #99,229 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,229
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH unlustige

Nearest frequency peer: unlustige (-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 „unselige“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for unselige
PropertyValue
Headwordunselige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʊnˌzeːlɪɡə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#99,229
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „unselige“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).unseligefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „unlustige“ (#99,228), „unterbelichtet“ (#99,230), „unkontrollierbaren“ (#99,227). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „unselige“ bei #99,229. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unselige is uncommon German at frequency #99,229 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnˌzeːlɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

unselige has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 unselige, spelled U-N-S-E-L-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unselig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unselig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unselig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unselig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unselig
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unselig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unselig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unselig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unselig

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 "unselige"?
"unselige" is spelled U-N-S-E-L-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnˌzeːlɪɡə].
What does "unselige" mean?
As an adjective, "unselige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unselig
How do you pronounce "unselige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unselige" is [ˈʊnˌzeːlɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unselige" come from?
"unselige" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ungelenk#99,224umhüllen#99,209Uetersen#99,206verarsch#99,254

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list