Unterton
[ˈʊntɐˌtoːn]
The verdict
“Unterton” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,511. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,511
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unterschwellige Bedeutung einer Aussage
Corpus desk
Index DE-unterton · Unterton · German
Unterton · rank #35,511 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,511
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH Unternehmerin
Nearest frequency peer: Unternehmerin (-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 „Unterton“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- unsinnige
unsinnige
64,493 corpus weight
- untergebenen
untergebenen
64,492 corpus weight
- Unternehmer…
Unternehmerin
64,491 corpus weight
- Unterton
Unterton
64,490 corpus weight
- Unvermögen
Unvermögen
64,489 corpus weight
- users
users
64,488 corpus weight
What this shows „Unterton“ 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 | Unterton |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊntɐˌtoːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #35,511 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Unterton“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Unterton (IPA [ˈʊntɐˌtoːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,511 among 2,159 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Unterton, with forms such as "nuterton", "unetrton", and "unnterton". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "unterzog", "untern", "unteren", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Unterton, spelled U-N-T-E-R-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1unterschwellige Bedeutung einer Aussage
- 2„als Spiegelung des Obertons mit dem Grundton mitschwingender Ton“
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Unterton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ihnen unterstellt man wohl, dass sie dazu neigen, andere zu diskriminieren. Daher der tadelnde Unterton, der diesem Ausdruck anhaftet.“
Mit drohendem Unterton wurde er aufgefordert zu gehen.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nuterton
- unetrton
- unnterton
- unterotn
- unterrton
- untertno
- untertonn
- untertton
- untetron
- untreton
- untterton
- utnerton
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Unterton - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Unterton", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).