Untergeschoss
[ˈʊntɐɡəˌʃɔs]
The verdict
“Untergeschoss” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #23,753 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #23,753
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - unter der Erde befindlicher Teil eines Gebäudes
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Untergeschoss |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊntɐɡəˌʃɔs] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #23,753 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Untergeschoss” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Untergeschoss is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʊntɐɡəˌʃɔs]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,753 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "unter der Erde befindlicher Teil eines Gebäudes".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for Untergeschoss, with forms such as "nutergeschoss", "unetrgeschoss", and "unntergeschoss". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Untergeschoss, spelled U-N-T-E-R-G-E-S-C-H-O-S-S.
Definition
- 1unter der Erde befindlicher Teil eines Gebäudes
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nutergeschoss,unetrgeschoss,unntergeschoss,untegreschoss,unteregschoss,untergecshoss,untergescchoss,untergeschhoss,untergeschos,untergeschoß,untergeschsos,untergescohss,untergeshcoss,untergesschoss,unterggeschoss,untergsechoss,unterrgeschoss,untregeschoss,unttergeschoss,utnergeschoss
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Untergeschoss - 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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Using “Untergeschoss”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-N-T-E-R-G-E-S-C-H-O-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʊntɐɡəˌʃɔs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.