unterlief
[ˌʊntɐˈliːf]
The verdict
“unterlief” is uncommon German (frequency #89,731 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,731
- frequency rank, German
- 30,279
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs unterlaufen
Corpus desk
Index DE-unterlief · unterlief · German
unterlief · rank #89,731 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,731
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,279
- PHOTO-FINISH Unterrock
Nearest frequency peer: Unterrock (+2 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 “unterlief”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- unterentwic…
unterentwickelten
10,274 corpus weight
- untergejube…
untergejubelt
10,273 corpus weight
- unterlief
unterlief
10,270 corpus weight
- Unterrock
Unterrock
10,268 corpus weight
- unverdrossen
unverdrossen
10,267 corpus weight
- unverkennba…
unverkennbare
10,266 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “unterlief” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unterlief |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌʊntɐˈliːf] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #89,731 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unterlief” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
unterlief is uncommon German at frequency #89,731 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌʊntɐˈliːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
unterlief doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is unterlief, spelled U-N-T-E-R-L-I-E-F.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs unterlaufen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs unterlaufen
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.