unwürdig

Name: unwürdig, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈʊnˌvʏʁdɪç]

/[ˈʊnˌvʏʁdɪç]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“unwürdig” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,556. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,556
frequency rank, German: 2,159
“U” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so geartet, dass jemand etwas nicht verdient, jemandem etwas nicht zustehen; jemandes oder etwas nicht würdig sein

Corpus desk

Index DE-unwurdig · unwürdig · German

unwürdig · rank #24,556 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #24,556
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-MID 2,159
PHOTO-FINISH untergraben

Nearest frequency peer: untergraben (-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.

unmenschlich

75,448
Unsterblich…

75,447
untergraben

75,446
unwürdig

75,445
verborgene

75,443
verdauen

75,442

What this shows „unwürdig“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Key facts for unwürdig
Property	Value
Headword	unwürdig
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈʊnˌvʏʁdɪç]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#24,556
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „unwürdig“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.unwürdigliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#24,556

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „untergraben“ (#24,555), „Unsterblichkeit“ (#24,554), „verborgene“ (#24,558). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „unwürdig“ bei #24,556. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around unwürdig (IPA [ˈʊnˌvʏʁdɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,556 among 2,159 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for unwürdig, with forms such as "nuwürdig", "unnwürdig", and "unwrüdig". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is unwürdig, spelled U-N-W-Ü-R-D-I-G.

Definition

1
so geartet, dass jemand etwas nicht verdient, jemandem etwas nicht zustehen; jemandes oder etwas nicht würdig sein
2
keine Würde, keinen Respekt verdienend
3
Verachtung verdienend, (moralisch) inakzeptabel; so, dass es zu verurteilen ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

„Nichts ist des Menschen so unwürdig, als Gewalt zu leiden.“
„Wessen ist ein fauler Arbeiter unwürdig? Wessen macht sich ein Sünder unwürdig?“

This word in other languages

worth(English)indigne(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

nuwürdig
unnwürdig
unwrüdig
unwwürdig
unwüdrig
unwürddig
unwürdgi
unwürdigg
unwüridg
unwürrdig
unüwrdig
uwnürdig

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of unwürdig - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "unwürdig"

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 "unwürdig"?

"unwürdig" is spelled U-N-W-Ü-R-D-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnˌvʏʁdɪç].

What does "unwürdig" mean?

As an adjective, "unwürdig" means: so geartet, dass jemand etwas nicht verdient, jemandem etwas nicht zustehen; jemandes oder etwas nicht würdig sein

What are common misspellings of "unwürdig"?

Common misspellings include "nuwürdig", "unnwürdig", "unwrüdig", "unwwürdig", "unwüdrig". The correct spelling is "unwürdig".

How do you pronounce "unwürdig"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unwürdig" is [ˈʊnˌvʏʁdɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "unwürdig" come from?

"unwürdig" 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 "unwürdig", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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Similar misspelling depth

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