glückliche

[ˈɡlʏklɪçə]

/[ˈɡlʏklɪçə]/ adj

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The verdict

“glückliche” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,769. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,769
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs glücklich

Corpus desk

Index DE-gluckliche · glückliche · German

glückliche · rank #7,769 · 16 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,769
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH globale

Nearest frequency peer: globale (-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 „glückliche“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „glückliche“ 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).

glückliche vs glücklicher
91% similar
glückliche vs glücklichen
91% similar
glückliche vs glückliches
91% similar

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

Key facts for glückliche
PropertyValue
Headwordglückliche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɡlʏklɪçə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#7,769
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „glückliche“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).glücklicheliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „globale“ (#7,768), „herrschte“ (#7,770), „gemalt“ (#7,767). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „glückliche“ bei #7,769. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around glückliche (IPA [ˈɡlʏklɪçə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,769 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for glückliche, with forms such as "gglückliche", "glcükliche", and "gllückliche". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "glücklicher", "glücklichen", "glückliches", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is glückliche, spelled G-L-Ü-C-K-L-I-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs glücklich
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs glücklich
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs glücklich
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs glücklich
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs glücklich
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs glücklich
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs glücklich
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs glücklich
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs glücklich

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gglückliche
  • glcükliche
  • gllückliche
  • glücckliche
  • glückilche
  • glückkliche
  • glücklcihe
  • glücklicche
  • glückliceh
  • glücklichhe
  • glücklihce
  • glücklliche
  • glüclkiche
  • glükcliche
  • gülckliche
  • lgückliche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of glückliche - 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.

gglückliche1glcükliche2gllückliche1glücckliche1glückilche2glückkliche1glücklcihe2glücklicche1
Edit distance from "glückliche"

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 "glückliche"?
"glückliche" is spelled G-L-Ü-C-K-L-I-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡlʏklɪçə].
What does "glückliche" mean?
As an adjective, "glückliche" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs glücklich
What words are commonly confused with "glückliche"?
"glückliche" is commonly confused with "glücklicher", "glücklichen", "glückliches". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "glückliche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "glückliche" is [ˈɡlʏklɪçə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "glückliche" come from?
"glückliche" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Erlebnisse#7,756engagieren#7,752namentlich#7,791Parlaments#7,795

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

ausgetragen16 variantsaufgetaucht16 variantsAnweisungen16 variantsangegebenen16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list