Untersuchungshaft
[ʊntɐˈzuːxʊŋsˌhaft]
The verdict
“Untersuchungshaft” has 28 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,694. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,694
- frequency rank, German
- 30,279
- “U” headwords
- 28
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Freiheitsentzug vor oder während polizeilicher Ermittlungen oder einer gerichtlichen Verhandlung
Corpus desk
Index DE-untersuchungshaft · Untersuchungshaft · German
Untersuchungshaft · rank #14,694 · 28 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,694
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 28 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,279
- PHOTO-FINISH unternimmt
Nearest frequency peer: unternimmt (-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 “Untersuchungshaft”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Ungerechtig…
Ungerechtigkeit
85,310 corpus weight
- Unmut
Unmut
85,309 corpus weight
- unternimmt
unternimmt
85,308 corpus weight
- Untersuchun…
Untersuchungshaft
85,307 corpus weight
- Unzufrieden…
Unzufriedenheit
85,306 corpus weight
- unzulässig
unzulässig
85,305 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Untersuchungshaft” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Untersuchungshaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʊntɐˈzuːxʊŋsˌhaft] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #14,694 |
| Misspellings tracked | 28 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Untersuchungshaft” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 28 spelling variants around Untersuchungshaft (IPA [ʊntɐˈzuːxʊŋsˌhaft]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,694 among 30,279 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Freiheitsentzug vor oder während polizeilicher Ermittlungen oder einer gerichtlichen Verhandlung".
Our generated misspelling index lists 28 likely wrong-spelling variants for Untersuchungshaft, with forms such as "nutersuchungshaft", "unetrsuchungshaft", and "unntersuchungshaft". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Untersuchungshaft, spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-U-C-H-U-N-G-S-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1Freiheitsentzug vor oder während polizeilicher Ermittlungen oder einer gerichtlichen Verhandlung
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nutersuchungshaft
- unetrsuchungshaft
- unntersuchungshaft
- unterrsuchungshaft
- unterscuhungshaft
- unterssuchungshaft
- untersucchungshaft
- untersuchhungshaft
- untersuchnugshaft
- untersuchugnshaft
- untersuchunggshaft
- untersuchunghsaft
- untersuchungsahft
- untersuchungshafft
- untersuchungshaftt
- untersuchungshatf
- untersuchungshfat
- untersuchungshhaft
- untersuchungsshaft
- untersuchunngshaft
- untersuchunsghaft
- untersucuhngshaft
- untersuhcungshaft
- unteruschungshaft
- untesruchungshaft
- untresuchungshaft
- unttersuchungshaft
- utnersuchungshaft
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Untersuchungshaft - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Untersuchungshaft", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 17 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (28 here; floor ≥5).
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.