unversehens
[ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌzeːəns]
The verdict
“unversehens” is uncommon German (frequency #69,817 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,817
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schnell und ohne Vorwarnung, ohne dass es zu erwarten war
Corpus desk
Index DE-unversehens · unversehens · German
unversehens · rank #69,817 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,817
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH unterschreib
Nearest frequency peer: unterschreib (-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 „unversehens“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- unified
unified
30,188 corpus weight
- Unteraussch…
Unterausschuss
30,187 corpus weight
- unterschreib
unterschreib
30,185 corpus weight
- unversehens
unversehens
30,184 corpus weight
- unverständl…
unverständliches
30,183 corpus weight
- Urlaubsreise
Urlaubsreise
30,181 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „unversehens“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unversehens |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌzeːəns] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #69,817 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „unversehens“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
unversehens is uncommon German at frequency #69,817 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈʊnfɛɐ̯ˌzeːəns]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schnell und ohne Vorwarnung, ohne dass es zu erwarten war".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for unversehens, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is unversehens, spelled U-N-V-E-R-S-E-H-E-N-S.
Definition
- 1schnell und ohne Vorwarnung, ohne dass es zu erwarten war
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unversehens appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unversehens änderte sich das Wetter.
Synonyms
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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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