Glück

[ɡlʏk]

/[ɡlʏk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Glück” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #488. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#488
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich positiv auswirkender Zufall

Corpus desk

Index DE-gluck · Glück · German

Glück · rank #488 · 8 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #488
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Folge

Nearest frequency peer: Folge (-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 „Glück“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Glück“ 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).

Glück vs guck
40% similar
Glück vs Glut
40% similar
Glück vs guckt
20% similar

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

Key facts for Glück
PropertyValue
HeadwordGlück
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡlʏk]
Letters5
Frequency rank#488
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Glück“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Glückliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Folge“ (#487), „Herr“ (#489), „Deutsch“ (#486). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Glück“ bei #488. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Glück (IPA [ɡlʏk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #488 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Glück, with forms such as "gglück", "glcük", and "gllück". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "guck", "Glut", "guckt", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Glück, spelled G-L-Ü-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich positiv auswirkender Zufall
  2. 2
    das personifizierte [1] Glück
  3. 3
    Zustand der (relativen oder vollkommenen) Zufriedenheit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Wenn mein Glück aussetzt, bin ich verloren.“ (Bert Brecht)
  2. Ich habe Glück in der Lotterie gehabt.

Synonyms

ZufallsglückSchweinMasselDuselFortunaWohlZufriedenheitWohlfühlglück

Antonyms

PechUnglückKummerUnzufriedenheit

This word in other languages

luck(English)fortuna(Español)chance(Français)sorte(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gglück
  • glcük
  • gllück
  • glücck
  • glückk
  • glükc
  • gülck
  • lgück

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Glück - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

gglück1glcük2gllück1glücck1glückk1glükc2gülck2lgück2
Edit distance from "Glück"

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 "Glück"?
"Glück" is spelled G-L-Ü-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡlʏk].
What does "Glück" mean?
As a noun, "Glück" means: sich positiv auswirkender Zufall
What words are commonly confused with "Glück"?
"Glück" is commonly confused with "guck", "Glut", "guckt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Glück"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Glück" is [ɡlʏk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Glück" come from?
"Glück" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Folge#487Hilfe#490Sache#495denke#475

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

stellt8 variantsstark8 variantsErnst8 variantskeiner8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list