Unterdrückung
[ˌʊntɐˈdʁʏkʊŋ]
The verdict
“Unterdrückung” has 21 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,106. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,106
- frequency rank, German
- 30,279
- “U” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Verhinderung eines Geschehens
Corpus desk
Index DE-unterdruckung · Unterdrückung · German
Unterdrückung · rank #9,106 · 21 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #9,106
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 21 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,279
- PHOTO-FINISH theoretische
Nearest frequency peer: theoretische (-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 “Unterdrückung”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Tankstelle
Tankstelle
90,898 corpus weight
- Taufe
Taufe
90,897 corpus weight
- theoretische
theoretische
90,896 corpus weight
- Unterdrücku…
Unterdrückung
90,895 corpus weight
- Urkunden
Urkunden
90,894 corpus weight
- Verbandes
Verbandes
90,893 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Unterdrückung” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Unterdrückung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌʊntɐˈdʁʏkʊŋ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #9,106 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Unterdrückung” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around Unterdrückung (IPA [ˌʊntɐˈdʁʏkʊŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,106 among 30,279 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for Unterdrückung, with forms such as "nuterdrückung", "unetrdrückung", and "unnterdrückung". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "unterdrücken", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Unterdrückung, spelled U-N-T-E-R-D-R-Ü-C-K-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Verhinderung eines Geschehens
- 2starke Benachteiligung von Personen(gruppen)
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nuterdrückung
- unetrdrückung
- unnterdrückung
- untedrrückung
- unterddrückung
- unterdrcükung
- unterdrrückung
- unterdrücckung
- unterdrückkung
- unterdrücknug
- unterdrückugn
- unterdrückungg
- unterdrückunng
- unterdrücukng
- unterdrükcung
- unterdürckung
- unterrdrückung
- unterrdückung
- untredrückung
- untterdrückung
- utnerdrückung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Unterdrückung - 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.
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 "Unterdrückung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).
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.