Unzuverlässigkeit

[ˈʊnt͡suːfɛɐ̯ˌlɛsɪçkaɪ̯t]

/[ˈʊnt͡suːfɛɐ̯ˌlɛsɪçkaɪ̯t]/ noun

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The verdict

“Unzuverlässigkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #67,824 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,824
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft, nicht einsetzbar zu sein, wenn es notwendig wäre

Corpus desk

Index DE-unzuverlassigkeit · Unzuverlässigkeit · German

Unzuverlässigkeit · rank #67,824 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,824
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH unverschämten

Nearest frequency peer: unverschämten (-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 „Unzuverlässigkeit“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Unzuverlässigkeit
PropertyValue
HeadwordUnzuverlässigkeit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʊnt͡suːfɛɐ̯ˌlɛsɪçkaɪ̯t]
Letters17
Frequency rank#67,824
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Unzuverlässigkeit“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „unverschämten“ (#67,823), „unverheirateten“ (#67,822), „Valium“ (#67,826). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „Unzuverlässigkeit“ bei #67,824. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Unzuverlässigkeit is uncommon German at frequency #67,824 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊnt͡suːfɛɐ̯ˌlɛsɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eigenschaft, nicht einsetzbar zu sein, wenn es notwendig wäre".

Unzuverlässigkeit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Unzuverlässigkeit, spelled U-N-Z-U-V-E-R-L-Ä-S-S-I-G-K-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Eigenschaft, nicht einsetzbar zu sein, wenn es notwendig wäre

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Wegen seiner notorischen Unzuverlässigkeit können wir ihn in unserem Team leider nicht einsetzen.
  2. „Die Unzuverlässigkeit von Reisefreundschaften kennt kein Alter.“

Antonyms

Zuverlässigkeit

This word in other languages

unreliability(English)inseguridad(Español)

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 "Unzuverlässigkeit"?
"Unzuverlässigkeit" is spelled U-N-Z-U-V-E-R-L-Ä-S-S-I-G-K-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnt͡suːfɛɐ̯ˌlɛsɪçkaɪ̯t].
What does "Unzuverlässigkeit" mean?
As a noun, "Unzuverlässigkeit" means: Eigenschaft, nicht einsetzbar zu sein, wenn es notwendig wäre
How do you pronounce "Unzuverlässigkeit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Unzuverlässigkeit" is [ˈʊnt͡suːfɛɐ̯ˌlɛsɪçkaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Unzuverlässigkeit" come from?
"Unzuverlässigkeit" 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 "Unzuverlässigkeit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 17 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Verwaltungsbezirk#67,851Temperaturanstieg#67,776Zentralbibliothek#67,905Stahlkonstruktion#67,732

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list