gemütlich

[ɡəˈmyːtlɪç]

/[ɡəˈmyːtlɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“gemütlich” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,593. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,593
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - angenehm; Gemütlichkeit erweckend

Corpus desk

Index DE-gemutlich · gemütlich · German

gemütlich · rank #5,593 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,593
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gelben

Nearest frequency peer: gelben (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „gemütlich“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „gemütlich“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gemütlich vs gemütliche
90% similar
gemütlich vs gemütlichen
82% similar
gemütlich vs gemütlicher
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gemütlich
PropertyValue
Headwordgemütlich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈmyːtlɪç]
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,593
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „gemütlich“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).gemütlichliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „gelben“ (#5,592), „gekostet“ (#5,591), „gescheitert“ (#5,595). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gemütlich“ bei #5,593. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around gemütlich (IPA [ɡəˈmyːtlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,593 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "angenehm; Gemütlichkeit erweckend".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for gemütlich, with forms such as "egmütlich", "gemmütlich", and "gemtülich". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "gemütliche", "gemütlichen", "gemütlicher", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is gemütlich, spelled G-E-M-Ü-T-L-I-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    angenehm; Gemütlichkeit erweckend

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how gemütlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Diese Wohnlage ist sehr gemütlich.

Synonyms

behaglichbequemheimelig

Antonyms

ungemütlich

This word in other languages

comfortable(English)cómodo(Español)agréable(Français)confortável(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egmütlich
  • gemmütlich
  • gemtülich
  • gemültich
  • gemütilch
  • gemütlcih
  • gemütlicch
  • gemütlichh
  • gemütlihc
  • gemütllich
  • gemüttlich
  • geümtlich
  • ggemütlich
  • gmeütlich

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gemütlich - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

egmütlich2gemmütlich1gemtülich2gemültich2gemütilch2gemütlcih2gemütlicch1gemütlichh1
Edit distance from "gemütlich"

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 "gemütlich"?
"gemütlich" is spelled G-E-M-Ü-T-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈmyːtlɪç].
What does "gemütlich" mean?
As an adjective, "gemütlich" means: angenehm; Gemütlichkeit erweckend
What words are commonly confused with "gemütlich"?
"gemütlich" is commonly confused with "gemütliche", "gemütlichen", "gemütlicher". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gemütlich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gemütlich" is [ɡəˈmyːtlɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gemütlich" come from?
"gemütlich" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gemütlich", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list