Unterstützer

[ʊntɐˈʃtʏt͡sɐ]

/[ʊntɐˈʃtʏt͡sɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Unterstützer” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #8,645 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#8,645
frequency rank, German
12
letters
19
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemand, der sich für etwas (Person, Vorhaben, ...) einsetzt

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Unterstützer vs unterstützt
75% similar
Unterstützer vs unterstützte
75% similar
Unterstützer vs unterstützten
77% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Unterstützer
PropertyValue
HeadwordUnterstützer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʊntɐˈʃtʏt͡sɐ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#8,645
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Unterstützer” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Unterstützer lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Unterstützer is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʊntɐˈʃtʏt͡sɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,645 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "jemand, der sich für etwas (Person, Vorhaben, ...) einsetzt".

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Unterstützer, with forms such as "nuterstützer", "unetrstützer", and "unnterstützer". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "unterstützt", "unterstützte", "unterstützten", and more, 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 Unterstützer, spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-T-Ü-T-Z-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemand, der sich für etwas (Person, Vorhaben, ...) einsetzt

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nuterstützer,unetrstützer,unnterstützer,unterrstützer,untersstützer,untersttützer,untersttüzer,unterstütezr,unterstüttzer,unterstützerr,unterstützre,unterstützzer,unterstüzter,untersüttzer,untertsützer,untesrtützer,untrestützer,untterstützer,utnerstützer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Unterstützer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

nuterstützer2unetrstützer2unnterstützer1unterrstützer1untersstützer1untersttützer1untersttüzer2unterstütezr2
Edit distance from "Unterstützer"

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Unterstützer"?
"Unterstützer" is spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-T-Ü-T-Z-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ʊntɐˈʃtʏt͡sɐ].
What does "Unterstützer" mean?
As a noun, "Unterstützer" means: jemand, der sich für etwas (Person, Vorhaben, ...) einsetzt
What words are commonly confused with "Unterstützer"?
"Unterstützer" is commonly confused with "unterstützt", "unterstützte", "unterstützten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Unterstützer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Unterstützer" is [ʊntɐˈʃtʏt͡sɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Unterstützer" come from?
"Unterstützer" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Unterstützer”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is U-N-T-E-R-S-T-Ü-T-Z-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ʊntɐˈʃtʏt͡sɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “unterstützt” - see the side-by-side comparison. Unterstützer vs unterstützt
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter U in our German index:

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list