unterstütz
[ˌʊntɐˈʃtʏt͡s]
The verdict
“unterstütz” is uncommon German (frequency #67,821 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,821
- frequency rank, German
- 30,279
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterstützen
Corpus desk
Index DE-unterstutz · unterstütz · German
unterstütz · rank #67,821 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,821
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 “unterstütz”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 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
- Unzuverläss…
Unzuverlässigkeit
32,177 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “unterstütz” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unterstütz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌʊntɐˈʃtʏt͡s] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #67,821 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unterstütz” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
unterstütz is uncommon German at frequency #67,821 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌʊntɐˈʃtʏt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterstützen".
unterstütz doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is unterstütz, spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-T-Ü-T-Z.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs unterstützen
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 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.