unverschlüsselt

[ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌʃlʏsl̩t]

/[ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌʃlʏsl̩t]/ adj

The verdict

“unverschlüsselt” is uncommon German (frequency #54,182 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,182
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht verschlüsselt, nicht durch Verschlüsselung geschützt

Corpus desk

Index DE-unverschlusselt · unverschlüsselt · German

unverschlüsselt · rank #54,182 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,182
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH unvermeidlich…

Nearest frequency peer: unvermeidlichen (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „unverschlüsselt“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „unverschlüsselt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for unverschlüsselt
PropertyValue
Headwordunverschlüsselt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌʃlʏsl̩t]
Letters15
Frequency rank#54,182
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „unverschlüsselt“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).unverschlüsseltfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „unvermeidlichen“ (#54,181), „unversucht“ (#54,183), „unterstelle“ (#54,180). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „unverschlüsselt“ bei #54,182. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unverschlüsselt is uncommon German at frequency #54,182 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌʃlʏsl̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht verschlüsselt, nicht durch Verschlüsselung geschützt".

unverschlüsselt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 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 unverschlüsselt, spelled U-N-V-E-R-S-C-H-L-Ü-S-S-E-L-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    nicht verschlüsselt, nicht durch Verschlüsselung geschützt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „‹Eine unverschlüsselte E-Mail? Sieht Morris aber gar nicht ähnlich.›“

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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 "unverschlüsselt"?
"unverschlüsselt" is spelled U-N-V-E-R-S-C-H-L-Ü-S-S-E-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌʃlʏsl̩t].
What does "unverschlüsselt" mean?
As an adjective, "unverschlüsselt" means: nicht verschlüsselt, nicht durch Verschlüsselung geschützt
How do you pronounce "unverschlüsselt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unverschlüsselt" is [ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌʃlʏsl̩t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unverschlüsselt" come from?
"unverschlüsselt" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list