Unterfamilie
[ˈʊntɐfaˌmiːli̯ə]
The verdict
“Unterfamilie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kategorie der biologischen Systematik, die mehrere eng verwandte Gattungen unterhalb einer Familie zusammenfasst
Corpus desk
Index DE-unterfamilie · Unterfamilie · German
Unterfamilie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Unterfamilie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊntɐfaˌmiːli̯ə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Unterfamilie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Unterfamilie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊntɐfaˌmiːli̯ə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kategorie der biologischen Systematik, die mehrere eng verwandte Gattungen unterhalb einer Familie zusammenfasst".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Unterfamilie, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Unterfamilie, spelled U-N-T-E-R-F-A-M-I-L-I-E.
Definition
- 1Kategorie der biologischen Systematik, die mehrere eng verwandte Gattungen unterhalb einer Familie zusammenfasst
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Unterfamilie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ebenfalls ein zusätzliches Ordnungsschema stammt von Esperanza Cerdeño, welches die Unterfamilien Acertheriinae mit den Triben Alicornopini bzw. Teleoceratini und die Unterfamilie Rhinocerothinae mit der alleinigen Tribus Rhinocerotini herausstellt.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.