Girlitz
[ˈɡɪʁlɪt͡s]
The verdict
“Girlitz” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vogel aus der Familie der Finken
Corpus desk
Index DE-girlitz · Girlitz · German
Girlitz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Girlitz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɪʁlɪt͡s] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Girlitz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Girlitz is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɪʁlɪt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vogel aus der Familie der Finken".
No misspelling variants are generated for Girlitz in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Girlitz, spelled G-I-R-L-I-T-Z.
Definition
- 1Vogel aus der Familie der Finken
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Girlitz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Girlitz ist der kleinste europäische Fink.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.