Glättung
[ˈɡlɛtʊŋ]
The verdict
“Glättung” is uncommon German (frequency #91,677 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,677
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Verringerung von Unebenheiten; Beruhigung einer Situation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Glättung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡlɛtʊŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #91,677 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Glättung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Glättung is uncommon German at frequency #91,677 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡlɛtʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verringerung von Unebenheiten; Beruhigung einer Situation".
Zero misspellings are on record for Glättung in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Glättung, spelled G-L-Ä-T-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Verringerung von Unebenheiten; Beruhigung einer Situation
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.
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Using “Glättung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-L-Ä-T-T-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.