unterschlagen
[ˈʊntɐˌʃlaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“unterschlagen” has 21 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #33,362. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,362
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gliedmaßen übereinander verkreuzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-unterschlagen · unterschlagen · German
unterschlagen · rank #33,362 · 21 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #33,362
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 21 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH until
Nearest frequency peer: until (+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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „unterschlagen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- ungebrochen
ungebrochen
66,643 corpus weight
- unnötiger
unnötiger
66,641 corpus weight
- unterschlag…
unterschlagen
66,639 corpus weight
- until
until
66,638 corpus weight
- unverkennbar
unverkennbar
66,637 corpus weight
- veganes
veganes
66,635 corpus weight
What this shows „unterschlagen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unterschlagen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʊntɐˌʃlaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #33,362 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „unterschlagen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around unterschlagen (IPA [ˈʊntɐˌʃlaːɡn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,362 among 2,159 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gliedmaßen übereinander verkreuzen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for unterschlagen, with forms such as "nuterschlagen", "unetrschlagen", and "unnterschlagen". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Unterschlagung", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 unterschlagen, spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-C-H-L-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Gliedmaßen übereinander verkreuzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unterschlagen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mit untergeschlagenen Beinen saß sie in der Sofaecke.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nuterschlagen
- unetrschlagen
- unnterschlagen
- untercshlagen
- unterrschlagen
- unterscchlagen
- unterschalgen
- unterschhlagen
- unterschlaegn
- unterschlagenn
- unterschlaggen
- unterschlagne
- unterschlgaen
- unterschllagen
- untersclhagen
- untershclagen
- untersschlagen
- untesrchlagen
- untreschlagen
- untterschlagen
- utnerschlagen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unterschlagen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "unterschlagen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).