Unvollkommenheit

[ˈʊnfɔlˌkɔmənhaɪ̯t]

/[ˈʊnfɔlˌkɔmənhaɪ̯t]/ noun

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The verdict

“Unvollkommenheit” is uncommon German (frequency #93,765 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,765
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft/Zustand, mit Schwächen oder Mängeln behaftet oder nicht vollständig zu sein

Corpus desk

Index DE-unvollkommenheit · Unvollkommenheit · German

Unvollkommenheit · rank #93,765 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,765
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH unüberwindbare

Nearest frequency peer: unüberwindbare (+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 „Unvollkommenheit“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Unvollkommenheit
PropertyValue
HeadwordUnvollkommenheit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʊnfɔlˌkɔmənhaɪ̯t]
Letters16
Frequency rank#93,765
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Unvollkommenheit“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Unvollkommenheitfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „unüberwindbare“ (#93,766), „unverwundbar“ (#93,763), „useful“ (#93,767). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „Unvollkommenheit“ bei #93,765. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Unvollkommenheit is uncommon German at frequency #93,765 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊnfɔlˌkɔmənhaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Unvollkommenheit, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 Unvollkommenheit, spelled U-N-V-O-L-L-K-O-M-M-E-N-H-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Eigenschaft/Zustand, mit Schwächen oder Mängeln behaftet oder nicht vollständig zu sein
  2. 2
    etwas, das [1] aufweist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Daniel Kahneman liebt solche kleinen Experimente, die in die Irre führen und seinen Lesern ihre eigene Unvollkommenheit verdeutlichen.“
  2. „Doch nur wer seine Unvollkommenheit akzeptiert, kann Momente des Glücks im Sport entdecken.“

Antonyms

FehlerlosigkeitPerfektionVollendungVollkommenheit

This word in other languages

imperfection(English)imperfección(Español)imperfeição(Português)

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 "Unvollkommenheit"?
"Unvollkommenheit" is spelled U-N-V-O-L-L-K-O-M-M-E-N-H-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnfɔlˌkɔmənhaɪ̯t].
What does "Unvollkommenheit" mean?
As a noun, "Unvollkommenheit" means: Eigenschaft/Zustand, mit Schwächen oder Mängeln behaftet oder nicht vollständig zu sein
How do you pronounce "Unvollkommenheit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Unvollkommenheit" is [ˈʊnfɔlˌkɔmənhaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Unvollkommenheit" come from?
"Unvollkommenheit" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Vertrauensbeweis#93,794vervollständigte#93,796westafrikanische#93,838Winterlandschaft#93,844

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list