Untersuchung

/[ʊntɐˈzuːxʊŋ]/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,222

in German word usage

Misspellings

19

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Untersuchung is aGermannoun. It means: die genauere Betrachtung, Beobachtung oder das Betasten zur Bestimmung eines Sachverhalts oder Objektes Pronounced [ʊntɐˈzuːxʊŋ]. It ranks #2,222 in German word frequency. Often confused with Untersuchungen and untersuchen.

Key facts for Untersuchung
PropertyValue
HeadwordUntersuchung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʊntɐˈzuːxʊŋ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#2,222
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Untersuchung in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Untersuchung is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʊntɐˈzuːxʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,222 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "die genauere Betrachtung, Beobachtung oder das Betasten zur Bestimmung eines Sachverhalts oder Objektes".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 19 documented wrong-spelling variants for Untersuchung, with forms such as "nutersuchung", "unetrsuchung", and "unntersuchung". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Untersuchungen", "untersuchen", 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 Untersuchung, spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-U-C-H-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die genauere Betrachtung, Beobachtung oder das Betasten zur Bestimmung eines Sachverhalts oder Objektes

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nutersuchung,unetrsuchung,unntersuchung,unterrsuchung,unterscuhung,unterssuchung,untersucchung,untersuchhung,untersuchnug,untersuchugn,untersuchungg,untersuchunng,untersucuhng,untersuhcung,unteruschung,untesruchung,untresuchung,unttersuchung,utnersuchung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Untersuchung

Misspelling Variants of "Untersuchung"

nutersuchung12unetrsuchung12unntersuchung13unterrsuchung13unterscuhung12unterssuchung13untersucchung13untersuchhung13
Misspelling Variants of "Untersuchung"

Frequency rank: #2,222 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Untersuchung"?
"Untersuchung" is spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-U-C-H-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ʊntɐˈzuːxʊŋ].
What does "Untersuchung" mean?
As a noun, "Untersuchung" means: die genauere Betrachtung, Beobachtung oder das Betasten zur Bestimmung eines Sachverhalts oder Objektes
What words are commonly confused with "Untersuchung"?
"Untersuchung" is commonly confused with "Untersuchungen", "untersuchen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Untersuchung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Untersuchung" is [ʊntɐˈzuːxʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Untersuchung" come from?
"Untersuchung" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.