Unterkühlung
[ʊntɐˈkyːlʊŋ]
The verdict
“Unterkühlung” is uncommon German (frequency #61,125 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,125
- frequency rank, German
- 30,279
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Absenkung der Temperatur einer Flüssigkeit unter den Gefrierpunkt, ohne dass diese erstarrt
Corpus desk
Index DE-unterkuhlung · Unterkühlung · German
Unterkühlung · rank #61,125 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,125
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,279
- PHOTO-FINISH unhaltbare
Nearest frequency peer: unhaltbare (-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 “Unterkühlung”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ungenaue
ungenaue
38,879 corpus weight
- ungläubiger
ungläubiger
38,878 corpus weight
- unhaltbare
unhaltbare
38,877 corpus weight
- Unterkühlung
Unterkühlung
38,876 corpus weight
- ununterbroc…
ununterbrochene
38,875 corpus weight
- unverwechse…
unverwechselbare
38,874 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Unterkühlung” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Unterkühlung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʊntɐˈkyːlʊŋ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #61,125 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Unterkühlung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Unterkühlung is uncommon German at frequency #61,125 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʊntɐˈkyːlʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Unterkühlung, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Unterkühlung, spelled U-N-T-E-R-K-Ü-H-L-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Absenkung der Temperatur einer Flüssigkeit unter den Gefrierpunkt, ohne dass diese erstarrt
- 2tiefgehende Wirkung von Kälte auf Menschen und anderer Warmblüter in Verbindung mit einer Verringerung der Körpertemperatur
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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 "Unterkühlung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
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