unterm

/[ˈʊntɐm]/ abbrev

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,228

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

unterm is anGermanabbrev. It means: unter dem Pronounced [ˈʊntɐm]. It ranks #5,228 in German word frequency. Often confused with unters and untern.

Key facts for unterm
PropertyValue
Headwordunterm
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbrev
IPA[ˈʊntɐm]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,228
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of unterm in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for unterm is 6 letters long, classified as anabbrev, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʊntɐm]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,228 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "unter dem".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for unterm, with forms such as "nuterm", "unetrm", and "unnterm". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "unters", "untern", "unter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is unterm, spelled U-N-T-E-R-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    unter dem

Antonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nuterm,unetrm,unnterm,untemr,untermm,unterrm,untrem,untterm,utnerm

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for unterm

Misspelling Variants of "unterm"

nuterm6unetrm6unnterm7untemr6untermm7unterrm7untrem6untterm7
Misspelling Variants of "unterm"

Frequency rank: #5,228 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unterm"?
"unterm" is spelled U-N-T-E-R-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊntɐm].
What does "unterm" mean?
As an abbrev, "unterm" means: unter dem
What words are commonly confused with "unterm"?
"unterm" is commonly confused with "unters", "untern", "unter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "unterm"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unterm" is [ˈʊntɐm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unterm" come from?
"unterm" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.