unterbleibt
[ˌʊntɐˈblaɪ̯pt]
The verdict
“unterbleibt” is uncommon German (frequency #84,711 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,711
- frequency rank, German
- 30,279
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterbleiben
Corpus desk
Index DE-unterbleibt · unterbleibt · German
unterbleibt · rank #84,711 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,711
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,279
- PHOTO-FINISH Unterbindung
Nearest frequency peer: Unterbindung (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “unterbleibt”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- unpünktlich
unpünktlich
15,293 corpus weight
- unterbezahlt
unterbezahlt
15,292 corpus weight
- Unterbindung
Unterbindung
15,291 corpus weight
- unterbleibt
unterbleibt
15,290 corpus weight
- unterfinanz…
unterfinanziert
15,289 corpus weight
- Unterhalts
Unterhalts
15,288 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “unterbleibt” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unterbleibt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌʊntɐˈblaɪ̯pt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #84,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unterbleibt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
unterbleibt is uncommon German at frequency #84,711 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌʊntɐˈblaɪ̯pt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterbleiben".
unterbleibt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 unterbleibt, spelled U-N-T-E-R-B-L-E-I-B-T.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterbleiben
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "unterbleibt", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.