Glücksgefühl
[ˈɡlʏksɡəˌfyːl]
The verdict
“Glücksgefühl” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #49,745 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #49,745
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gefühl des Glücks
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Glücksgefühl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡlʏksɡəˌfyːl] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #49,745 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Glücksgefühl” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Glücksgefühl is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɡlʏksɡəˌfyːl]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,745 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Gefühl des Glücks".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for Glücksgefühl, with forms such as "gglücksgefühl", "glcüksgefühl", and "gllücksgefühl". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Glücksgefühl, spelled G-L-Ü-C-K-S-G-E-F-Ü-H-L.
Definition
- 1Gefühl des Glücks
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: gglücksgefühl,glcüksgefühl,gllücksgefühl,glüccksgefühl,glückgsefühl,glückksgefühl,glücksegfühl,glücksgeffühl,glücksgefhül,glücksgefühhl,glücksgefühll,glücksgefülh,glücksgeüfhl,glücksgfeühl,glücksggefühl,glückssgefühl,glücskgefühl,glükcsgefühl,gülcksgefühl,lgücksgefühl
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Glücksgefühl - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Glücksgefühl”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-L-Ü-C-K-S-G-E-F-Ü-H-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡlʏksɡəˌfyːl] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.