Unwohlsein
[ˈʊnvoːlzaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“Unwohlsein” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #43,568 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #43,568
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gefühlte körperliche oder psychische Unstimmigkeit
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Unwohlsein |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊnvoːlzaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #43,568 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Unwohlsein” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Unwohlsein is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʊnvoːlzaɪ̯n]. Corpus data places it at rank #43,568 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "gefühlte körperliche oder psychische Unstimmigkeit".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Unwohlsein, with forms such as "nuwohlsein", "unnwohlsein", and "unowhlsein". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Unwohlsein, spelled U-N-W-O-H-L-S-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1gefühlte körperliche oder psychische Unstimmigkeit
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nuwohlsein,unnwohlsein,unowhlsein,unwholsein,unwohhlsein,unwohlesin,unwohllsein,unwohlseinn,unwohlseni,unwohlsien,unwohlssein,unwohslein,unwolhsein,unwwohlsein,uwnohlsein
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Unwohlsein - 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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Using “Unwohlsein”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-N-W-O-H-L-S-E-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʊnvoːlzaɪ̯n] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.