untern

/[ˈʊntɐn]/ abbrev

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,474

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

untern is anGermanabbrev. It means: unter den Pronounced [ˈʊntɐn]. Often confused with Usern and Unzen.

Key facts for untern
PropertyValue
Headworduntern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbrev
IPA[ˈʊntɐn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#38,474
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for untern is 6 letters long, classified as anabbrev, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʊntɐn]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,474 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "unter den".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for untern, with forms such as "nutern", "unetrn", and "unntern". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Usern", "Unzen", "unters", 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 untern, spelled U-N-T-E-R-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    unter den

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nutern,unetrn,unntern,untenr,unternn,unterrn,untren,unttern,utnern

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for untern

Misspelling Variants of "untern"

nutern6unetrn6unntern7untenr6unternn7unterrn7untren6unttern7
Misspelling Variants of "untern"

Frequency rank: #38,474 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "untern"?
"untern" is spelled U-N-T-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊntɐn].
What does "untern" mean?
As an abbrev, "untern" means: unter den
What words are commonly confused with "untern"?
"untern" is commonly confused with "Usern", "Unzen", "unters". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "untern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "untern" is [ˈʊntɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "untern" come from?
"untern" 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.