Ursache
[ˈuːɐ̯ˌzaxə]
The verdict
“Ursache” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #2,623 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,623
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - vorhergehender Sachverhalt, der einen momentanen Sachverhalt wesentlich bestimmt hat
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) |
Where “Ursache” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Ursache is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈuːɐ̯ˌzaxə]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,623 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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Using “Ursache”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-R-S-A-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈuːɐ̯ˌzaxə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Ursachen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Ursache vs Ursachen
- 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.