Unwesen
[ˈʊnˌveːzn̩]
The verdict
“Unwesen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,969. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,969
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verwerfliches Handeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-unwesen · Unwesen · German
Unwesen · rank #24,969 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,969
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH Unstimmigkeit…
Nearest frequency peer: Unstimmigkeiten (-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 „Unwesen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- unsern
unsern
75,035 corpus weight
- unsicheren
unsicheren
75,034 corpus weight
- Unstimmigke…
Unstimmigkeiten
75,033 corpus weight
- Unwesen
Unwesen
75,032 corpus weight
- Urwald
Urwald
75,031 corpus weight
- veganen
veganen
75,030 corpus weight
What this shows „Unwesen“ 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 | Unwesen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊnˌveːzn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #24,969 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Unwesen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Unwesen (IPA [ˈʊnˌveːzn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,969 among 2,159 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "verwerfliches Handeln".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Unwesen, with forms such as "nuwesen", "unewsen", and "unnwesen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Unwissen", "unseren", "unteren", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Unwesen, spelled U-N-W-E-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1verwerfliches Handeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Unwesen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Aber sie war für einen Hafen geeignet, von dem aus man die vielen Piraten in Schach halten konnte, die im Südchinesischen Meer ihr Unwesen trieben.“
„In Teilen von Neukölln, Spandau und Lichtenberg trieben rivalisierende Banden und Bürgerwehren ihr Unwesen, weil der Staat weder die Versorgung der Bevölkerung gewährleisten noch deren Sicherheit garantieren konnte.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nuwesen
- unewsen
- unnwesen
- unweesn
- unwesenn
- unwesne
- unwessen
- unwseen
- unwwesen
- uwnesen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Unwesen - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).