unterschreibe

/[ˌʊntɐˈʃʁaɪ̯bə]/ verb

Letters

13 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,842

in German word usage

Misspellings

20

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

unterschreibe is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterschreiben Pronounced [ˌʊntɐˈʃʁaɪ̯bə]. Often confused with unterschreibt and unterschreiben.

Key facts for unterschreibe
PropertyValue
Headwordunterschreibe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌʊntɐˈʃʁaɪ̯bə]
Letters13
Frequency rank#31,842
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for unterschreibe is 13 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌʊntɐˈʃʁaɪ̯bə]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,842 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 20 documented wrong-spelling variants for unterschreibe, with forms such as "nuterschreibe", "unetrschreibe", and "unnterschreibe". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "unterschreibt", "unterschreiben", "unterscheide", 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 unterschreibe, spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterschreiben
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterschreiben
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterschreiben
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterschreiben

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nuterschreibe,unetrschreibe,unnterschreibe,untercshreibe,unterrschreibe,unterscchreibe,unterscheribe,unterschhreibe,unterschrebie,unterschreibbe,unterschreieb,unterschriebe,unterschrreibe,unterscrheibe,untershcreibe,untersschreibe,untesrchreibe,untreschreibe,untterschreibe,utnerschreibe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for unterschreibe

Misspelling Variants of "unterschreibe"

nuterschreibe13unetrschreibe13unnterschreibe14untercshreibe13unterrschreibe14unterscchreibe14unterscheribe13unterschhreibe14
Misspelling Variants of "unterschreibe"

Frequency rank: #31,842 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unterschreibe"?
"unterschreibe" is spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌʊntɐˈʃʁaɪ̯bə].
What does "unterschreibe" mean?
As a verb, "unterschreibe" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterschreiben
What words are commonly confused with "unterschreibe"?
"unterschreibe" is commonly confused with "unterschreibt", "unterschreiben", "unterscheide". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "unterschreibe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unterschreibe" is [ˌʊntɐˈʃʁaɪ̯bə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unterschreibe" come from?
"unterschreibe" 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.