Unterscheidungsmerkmal
[ʊntɐˈʃaɪ̯dʊŋsˌmɛʁkmaːl]
The verdict
“Unterscheidungsmerkmal” is uncommon German (frequency #67,819 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,819
- frequency rank, German
- 30,279
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Merkmal, das eine Unterscheidung von zwei unterschiedlichen Personen oder Dingen ermöglicht
Corpus desk
Index DE-unterscheidungsmerkmal · Unterscheidungsmerkmal · German
Unterscheidungsmerkmal · rank #67,819 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,819
- LEN-MEGA 22 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,279
- PHOTO-FINISH Untersetzer
Nearest frequency peer: Untersetzer (+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 “Unterscheidungsmerkmal”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- unpassenden
unpassenden
32,186 corpus weight
- Unterscheid…
Unterscheidungsmerkmal
32,182 corpus weight
- Untersetzer
Untersetzer
32,181 corpus weight
- unterstütz
unterstütz
32,180 corpus weight
- unverheirat…
unverheirateten
32,179 corpus weight
- unverschämt…
unverschämten
32,178 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Unterscheidungsmerkmal” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Unterscheidungsmerkmal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʊntɐˈʃaɪ̯dʊŋsˌmɛʁkmaːl] |
| Letters | 22 |
| Frequency rank | #67,819 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Unterscheidungsmerkmal” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Unterscheidungsmerkmal is uncommon German at frequency #67,819 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʊntɐˈʃaɪ̯dʊŋsˌmɛʁkmaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Merkmal, das eine Unterscheidung von zwei unterschiedlichen Personen oder Dingen ermöglicht".
Unterscheidungsmerkmal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Unterscheidungsmerkmal, spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-C-H-E-I-D-U-N-G-S-M-E-R-K-M-A-L.
Definition
- 1Merkmal, das eine Unterscheidung von zwei unterschiedlichen Personen oder Dingen ermöglicht
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Unterscheidungsmerkmal", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 22 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.