untersucht

[ʊntɐˈzuːxt]

/[ʊntɐˈzuːxt]/ adj

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The verdict

“untersucht” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,000. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,000
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - analysiert oder erforscht worden; unter die Lupe genommen

Corpus desk

Index DE-untersucht · untersucht · German

untersucht · rank #3,000 · 16 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,000
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tausende

Nearest frequency peer: Tausende (-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 „untersucht“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „untersucht“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

untersucht vs untersuchte
91% similar
untersucht vs untersuchten
83% similar
untersucht vs Unterricht
70% similar

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

Key facts for untersucht
PropertyValue
Headworduntersucht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ʊntɐˈzuːxt]
Letters10
Frequency rank#3,000
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „untersucht“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).untersuchtliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Tausende“ (#2,999), „verfügt“ (#3,001), „Stärke“ (#2,998). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „untersucht“ bei #3,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around untersucht (IPA [ʊntɐˈzuːxt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,000 among 2,159 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "analysiert oder erforscht worden; unter die Lupe genommen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for untersucht, with forms such as "nutersucht", "unetrsucht", and "unntersucht". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "untersuchte", "untersuchten", "Unterricht", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is untersucht, spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-U-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    analysiert oder erforscht worden; unter die Lupe genommen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how untersucht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Seine Tauglichkeit hat das System im auto motor und sport-Lichttest im Heft 6/2014 bewiesen, wo es den besten Eindruck von allen untersuchten Lichtanlagen hinterließ.“
  2. „Dabei muss die untersuchte Person schrittweise kleiner werdende Zahlen, Buchstaben, Figuren oder Bilder erkennen.“

Antonyms

ununtersucht

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nutersucht
  • unetrsucht
  • unntersucht
  • unterrsucht
  • unterscuht
  • unterssucht
  • untersuccht
  • untersuchht
  • untersuchtt
  • untersucth
  • untersuhct
  • unteruscht
  • untesrucht
  • untresucht
  • unttersucht
  • utnersucht

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of untersucht - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

nutersucht2unetrsucht2unntersucht1unterrsucht1unterscuht2unterssucht1untersuccht1untersuchht1
Edit distance from "untersucht"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "untersucht"?
"untersucht" is spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-U-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʊntɐˈzuːxt].
What does "untersucht" mean?
As an adjective, "untersucht" means: analysiert oder erforscht worden; unter die Lupe genommen
What words are commonly confused with "untersucht"?
"untersucht" is commonly confused with "untersuchte", "untersuchten", "Unterricht". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "untersucht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "untersucht" is [ʊntɐˈzuːxt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "untersucht" come from?
"untersucht" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "untersucht", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

verursacht#3,004vorsichtig#3,008Gestaltung#2,960freundlich#2,956

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

Herstellung16 variantsnachdenken16 variantsFähigkeiten16 variantsgegenseitig16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list