Glücksfall
[ˈɡlʏksˌfal]
The verdict
“Glücksfall” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #33,614. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,614
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas, das sich unerwartet als günstig/vorteilhaft erweist
Corpus desk
Index DE-glucksfall · Glücksfall · German
Glücksfall · rank #33,614 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,614
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gluten
Nearest frequency peer: Gluten (-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 „Glücksfall“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Gideon
Gideon
66,390 corpus weight
- gleichberec…
gleichberechtigte
66,389 corpus weight
- Gluten
Gluten
66,388 corpus weight
- Glücksfall
Glücksfall
66,387 corpus weight
- Gothaer
Gothaer
66,385 corpus weight
- Gral
Gral
66,384 corpus weight
What this shows „Glücksfall“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Glücksfall |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡlʏksˌfal] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #33,614 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Glücksfall“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Glücksfall (IPA [ˈɡlʏksˌfal]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,614 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "etwas, das sich unerwartet als günstig/vorteilhaft erweist".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Glücksfall, with forms such as "gglücksfall", "glcüksfall", and "gllücksfall". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Glücksfall, spelled G-L-Ü-C-K-S-F-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1etwas, das sich unerwartet als günstig/vorteilhaft erweist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Glücksfall appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Gerade wird er im großen Stil saniert: ein Glücksfall für die Archäologen, die bei Erdarbeiten nicht nur auf Azelins Grundmauern, sondern auch auf alte Fußböden, Gräber und Reste der ersten Kapelle stießen, die hier um 815 nach Christus stand.“
„Angesichts des Glücksfalls der deutschen Wiedervereinigung übersah die neue Obrigkeit allerdings das kleine Unrecht.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gglücksfall
- glcüksfall
- gllücksfall
- glüccksfall
- glückfsall
- glückksfall
- glücksafll
- glücksfal
- glücksffall
- glücksflal
- glückssfall
- glücskfall
- glükcsfall
- gülcksfall
- lgücksfall
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Glücksfall - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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