glücklich

/[ˈɡlʏklɪç]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,109

in German word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

glücklich is anGermanadj. It means: (Zufalls-)Glück oder Erfolg habend Pronounced [ˈɡlʏklɪç]. It ranks #1,109 in German word frequency. Often confused with glückliche and glücklicher.

Key facts for glücklich
PropertyValue
Headwordglücklich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈɡlʏklɪç]
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,109
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of glücklich in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for glücklich is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɡlʏklɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,109 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for glücklich, with forms such as "gglücklich", "glcüklich", and "gllücklich". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "glückliche", "glücklicher", "glücklichen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is glücklich, spelled G-L-Ü-C-K-L-I-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Zufalls-)Glück oder Erfolg habend
  2. 2
    von großer Freude, Zufriedenheit, vom (Wohlfühl-)Glück erfüllt
  3. 3
    vorteilhaft, günstig
  4. 4
    schließlich, zu guter Letzt

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: gglücklich,glcüklich,gllücklich,glüccklich,glückilch,glückklich,glücklcih,glücklicch,glücklichh,glücklihc,glückllich,glüclkich,glükclich,gülcklich,lgücklich

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for glücklich

Misspelling Variants of "glücklich"

gglücklich10glcüklich9gllücklich10glüccklich10glückilch9glückklich10glücklcih9glücklicch10
Misspelling Variants of "glücklich"

Frequency rank: #1,109 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "glücklich"?
"glücklich" is spelled G-L-Ü-C-K-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡlʏklɪç].
What does "glücklich" mean?
As an adj, "glücklich" means: (Zufalls-)Glück oder Erfolg habend
What words are commonly confused with "glücklich"?
"glücklich" is commonly confused with "glückliche", "glücklicher", "glücklichen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "glücklich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "glücklich" is [ˈɡlʏklɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "glücklich" come from?
"glücklich" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.