advice

[ədˈvaɪs]

/[ədˈvaɪs]/ noun

The verdict

“advice” is an uncommon German word, ranked #67,962 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#67,962
frequency rank, German
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Meldung, Anzeige, Avis

Key facts for advice
PropertyValue
Headwordadvice
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ədˈvaɪs]
Letters6
Frequency rank#67,962
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “advice” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). advice lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for advice is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ədˈvaɪs]. Corpus data places it at rank #67,962 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

advice doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 advice, spelled A-D-V-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Meldung, Anzeige, Avis
  2. 2
    Rat, Ratschlag

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 "advice"?
"advice" is spelled A-D-V-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ədˈvaɪs].
What does "advice" mean?
As a noun, "advice" means: Meldung, Anzeige, Avis
How do you pronounce "advice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "advice" is [ədˈvaɪs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "advice" come from?
"advice" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “advice”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is A-D-V-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ədˈvaɪs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list