unterhalten
[ˌʊntɐˈhaltn̩]
The verdict
“unterhalten” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,217. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,217
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas aufsagen, vorführen, vorspielen zur Zerstreuung
Corpus desk
Index DE-unterhalten · unterhalten · German
unterhalten · rank #3,217 · 17 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,217
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH Umfang
Nearest frequency peer: Umfang (-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 „unterhalten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Tabelle
Tabelle
96,787 corpus weight
- türkischen
türkischen
96,786 corpus weight
- Umfang
Umfang
96,785 corpus weight
- unterhalten
unterhalten
96,784 corpus weight
- vereinigten
vereinigten
96,783 corpus weight
- verfügbar
verfügbar
96,782 corpus weight
What this shows „unterhalten“ 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 | unterhalten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌʊntɐˈhaltn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #3,217 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „unterhalten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around unterhalten (IPA [ˌʊntɐˈhaltn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,217 among 2,159 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for unterhalten, with forms such as "nuterhalten", "unetrhalten", and "unnterhalten". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Unterhaltung", "unterhielten", "Unterhalt", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is unterhalten, spelled U-N-T-E-R-H-A-L-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas aufsagen, vorführen, vorspielen zur Zerstreuung
- 2mit jemandem reden, sich etwas erzählen
- 3sich amüsieren, zerstreuen
- 4Unterhalt zahlen, jemanden unterstützen
- 5etwas aufrechterhalten, pflegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unterhalten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mit ihren Liedern konnte sie die Leute den ganzen Abend unterhalten.
„Akrobaten unterhalten die Gäste mit ihren Kunststücken.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nuterhalten
- unetrhalten
- unnterhalten
- untehralten
- unterahlten
- unterhaletn
- unterhallten
- unterhaltenn
- unterhaltne
- unterhaltten
- unterhatlen
- unterhhalten
- unterhlaten
- unterrhalten
- untrehalten
- untterhalten
- utnerhalten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unterhalten - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "unterhalten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).