unterstützen
[ˌʊntɐˈʃtʏt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“unterstützen” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,493. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,493
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem bei etwas helfen, entweder durch tatkräftige Hilfe oder auch durch einen finanziellen Beitrag
Corpus desk
Index DE-unterstutzen · unterstützen · German
unterstützen · rank #1,493 · 19 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,493
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH trinken
Nearest frequency peer: trinken (-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 „unterstützen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Szene
Szene
98,511 corpus weight
- Telefon
Telefon
98,510 corpus weight
- trinken
trinken
98,509 corpus weight
- unterstützen
unterstützen
98,508 corpus weight
- verhindern
verhindern
98,507 corpus weight
- Wetter
Wetter
98,505 corpus weight
What this shows „unterstützen“ 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 | unterstützen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌʊntɐˈʃtʏt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #1,493 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „unterstützen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around unterstützen (IPA [ˌʊntɐˈʃtʏt͡sn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,493 among 2,159 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for unterstützen, with forms such as "nuterstützen", "unetrstützen", and "unnterstützen". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "unterstützt", "Unterstützer", "unterstützte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is unterstützen, spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-T-Ü-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem bei etwas helfen, entweder durch tatkräftige Hilfe oder auch durch einen finanziellen Beitrag
- 2etwas gutheißen, dafür sein und es gut finden
- 3kompatibel sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unterstützen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie unterstützten die Widerstandskämpfer bei ihrem Aufstand.
„Klöster und Private unterstützten den bettelnden Landstreicher.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nuterstützen
- unetrstützen
- unnterstützen
- unterrstützen
- untersstützen
- untersttützen
- untersttüzen
- unterstütezn
- unterstüttzen
- unterstützenn
- unterstützne
- unterstützzen
- unterstüzten
- untersüttzen
- untertsützen
- untesrtützen
- untrestützen
- untterstützen
- utnerstützen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unterstützen - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "unterstützen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).