unsicher
[ˈʊnˌzɪçɐ]
The verdict
“unsicher” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,227. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,227
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Gefahr drohend, in sich bergend
Corpus desk
Index DE-unsicher · unsicher · German
unsicher · rank #5,227 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,227
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH traditionelle
Nearest frequency peer: traditionelle (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „unsicher“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- texten
texten
94,777 corpus weight
- Theologie
Theologie
94,776 corpus weight
- traditionel…
traditionelle
94,775 corpus weight
- unsicher
unsicher
94,774 corpus weight
- unterm
unterm
94,773 corpus weight
- verbieten
verbieten
94,772 corpus weight
What this shows „unsicher“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im 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 | unsicher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnˌzɪçɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,227 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „unsicher“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around unsicher (IPA [ˈʊnˌzɪçɐ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,227 among 2,159 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for unsicher, with forms such as "nusicher", "unischer", and "unnsicher". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "unsichere", "unsicheren", "unsicherer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is unsicher, spelled U-N-S-I-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1eine Gefahr drohend, in sich bergend
- 2der Ausgang die Zukunft ist fraglich oder zweifelhaft, nicht klar
- 3kein Selbstbewusstsein, seiner selbst nicht sicher sein
- 4man kann sich auf etwas nicht verlassen, darauf vertrauen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unsicher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese Gegend ist mir zu unsicher.
„Von wankelmütigen Herrschern beauftragt, von einer unzuverlässigen Mannschaft begleitet, begab er sich auf unabsehbare Zeit unter unvorhersehbaren Gefahren auf eine Reise jenseits der Grenzen der bekannten Welt, um auf unsicheren Wegen ein erhofftes Ziel zu erreichen.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nusicher
- unischer
- unnsicher
- unsciher
- unsiccher
- unsicehr
- unsicherr
- unsichher
- unsichre
- unsihcer
- unssicher
- usnicher
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unsicher - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "unsicher", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).