Unterschrift
[ˈʊntɐˌʃʁɪft]
The verdict
“Unterschrift” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #7,122 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,122
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - meist eigenhändig geschriebener Namenszug, der als Bestätigung unter ein Dokument gesetzt wird
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 | Unterschrift |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊntɐˌʃʁɪft] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #7,122 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Unterschrift” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Unterschrift is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʊntɐˌʃʁɪft]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,122 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "meist eigenhändig geschriebener Namenszug, der als Bestätigung unter ein Dokument gesetzt wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for Unterschrift, with forms such as "nuterschrift", "unetrschrift", and "unnterschrift". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Unterschriften", "Überschrift", "unterschrieb", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Unterschrift, spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-C-H-R-I-F-T.
Definition
- 1meist eigenhändig geschriebener Namenszug, der als Bestätigung unter ein Dokument gesetzt wird
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nuterschrift,unetrschrift,unnterschrift,untercshrift,unterrschrift,unterscchrift,unterschhrift,unterschirft,unterschrfit,unterschrifft,unterschriftt,unterschritf,unterschrrift,unterscrhift,untershcrift,untersschrift,untesrchrift,untreschrift,untterschrift,utnerschrift
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Unterschrift - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Unterschrift”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-N-T-E-R-S-C-H-R-I-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʊntɐˌʃʁɪft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Unterschriften” - see the side-by-side comparison. Unterschrift vs Unterschriften
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.