Glück vs Glückes, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“Glück” and “Glückes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#488
“Glück” frequency rank: #49,744
“Glückes” frequency rank: 50232
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Glück	Glückes
Definition	sich positiv auswirkender Zufall	Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Glück

Where the eye mixes Glück and Glückes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Glück runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against Glückes's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch

Glück

7 ch

Glückes

Why the eye confuses Glück with Glückes

A purely visual mix-up. Glück ([ɡlʏk]) and Glückes ([ˈɡlʏkəs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “Glück” sits inside “Glückes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50232, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Glück is recorded at frequency rank #488, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡlʏk]. Glückes is at rank #49,744, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈɡlʏkəs].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 50232, this pair ranks #1,181,527 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Glück vs Glückes

Shared letters: cgklü. Private to "Glück": -. Private to "Glückes": es.

"Glück" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "Glückes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Glück" for "Glückes" ever safe?

No. They are said differently ([ɡlʏk] versus [ˈɡlʏkəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "Glück" or "Glückes"?

"Glück" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #488 in our German list, against #49,744 for "Glückes". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

Full dictionary entry for "Glück" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Glückes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,181,527 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Glück" and "Glückes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Glückes vs Glücks". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,181,527 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.