Ursache
[ˈuːɐ̯ˌzaxə]
The verdict
“Ursache” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,623. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,623
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vorhergehender Sachverhalt, der einen momentanen Sachverhalt wesentlich bestimmt hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-ursache · Ursache · German
Ursache · rank #2,623 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #2,623
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH Unternehmer
Nearest frequency peer: Unternehmer (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Ursache”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tu
tu
97,381 corpus weight
- Ungarn
Ungarn
97,380 corpus weight
- Unternehmer
Unternehmer
97,379 corpus weight
- Ursache
Ursache
97,378 corpus weight
- verbrechen
verbrechen
97,377 corpus weight
- verurteilt
verurteilt
97,376 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Ursache” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Ursache |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈuːɐ̯ˌzaxə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,623 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Ursache” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Ursache (IPA [ˈuːɐ̯ˌzaxə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,623 among 2,159 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "vorhergehender Sachverhalt, der einen momentanen Sachverhalt wesentlich bestimmt hat".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ursache, with forms such as "rusache", "urasche", and "urrsache". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Ursachen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Ursache, spelled U-R-S-A-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1vorhergehender Sachverhalt, der einen momentanen Sachverhalt wesentlich bestimmt hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ursache appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Ursache ihrer Krankheit war ein schlechter Zahn.
„»Setz dich wieder«, sagte Benno, eine Aufforderung, der Hawa nur widerwillig nachkam. Der Vorschlag lautete, man wolle die Ursache des Brandes der Kartonagefabrik auf sich beruhen lassen, für das Verstummen irgendwelcher damit zusammenhängender und umlaufender Gerüchte Sorge tragen, ja notfalls durch Aussagen von Augenzeugen die Zufälligkeit des Brandaus…
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rusache
- urasche
- urrsache
- ursacche
- ursaceh
- ursachhe
- ursahce
- urscahe
- urssache
- usrache
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ursache - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ursache", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "Ursachen". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,623 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "U" letter cohort. U–Z browse
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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.