glitschig
[ˈɡlɪt͡ʃɪç]
The verdict
“glitschig” is uncommon German (frequency #87,768 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,768
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schlüpfrig, so beschaffen, dass Gegenstände darüber gleiten oder Personen darauf ausgleiten können, meist durch eine reibungsmindernde Schmier- oder Schleimschicht
Corpus desk
Index DE-glitschig · glitschig · German
glitschig · rank #87,768 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,768
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gleichgesinnt…
Nearest frequency peer: Gleichgesinnter (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „glitschig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Gewölbes
Gewölbes
12,238 corpus weight
- giorno
giorno
12,236 corpus weight
- Gleichgesin…
Gleichgesinnter
12,234 corpus weight
- glitschig
glitschig
12,233 corpus weight
- Glücksmomen…
Glücksmomente
12,232 corpus weight
- Golde
Golde
12,228 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „glitschig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glitschig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡlɪt͡ʃɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,768 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „glitschig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
glitschig is uncommon German at frequency #87,768 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡlɪt͡ʃɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schlüpfrig, so beschaffen, dass Gegenstände darüber gleiten oder Personen darauf ausgleiten können, meist durch eine reibungsmindernde Schmier- oder Schleimschicht".
glitschig has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is glitschig, spelled G-L-I-T-S-C-H-I-G.
Definition
- 1schlüpfrig, so beschaffen, dass Gegenstände darüber gleiten oder Personen darauf ausgleiten können, meist durch eine reibungsmindernde Schmier- oder Schleimschicht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how glitschig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Viele, die zum ersten Mal eine Schlange anfassen, sind überrascht, dass sie gar nicht glitschig ist.
„Vorsichtig stiegen die zwölf Männer eine glitschige Treppe zu dem wartenden Leichter hinunter.“
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); 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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