über
/yːbɐ/ ouvir^(fonte ?) ouvir^(fonte ?)
The verdict
“über” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,901), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,901
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sobre; por cima
Corpus desk
Index PT-uber · über · Portuguese
über · rank #72,901 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,901
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ü" thin
- PHOTO-FINISH worse
Nearest frequency peer: worse (-9 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “über”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- videojogo
videojogo
27,129 corpus weight
- vómito
vómito
27,114 corpus weight
- worse
worse
27,109 corpus weight
- über
über
27,100 corpus weight
- acondiciona…
acondicionamento
27,089 corpus weight
- acólito
acólito
27,084 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “über” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | über |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | /yːbɐ/ ouvir^(fonte ?) ouvir^(fonte ?) |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #72,901 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “über” em português
Rare enough to double-check
über is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,901, classed as apreposition, transcribed /yːbɐ/ ouvir^(fonte ?) ouvir^(fonte ?). Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for über in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is über, spelled Ü-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1sobre; por cima
- 2via; por meio de
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how über appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Flugzeug fliegt über die Stadt.
Antonyms
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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