Glückssache
[ˈɡlʏksˌzaxə]
The verdict
“Glückssache” is uncommon German (frequency #74,642 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,642
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zufälliger, als günstig erachteter Umstand
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Glückssache |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡlʏksˌzaxə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #74,642 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Glückssache” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Glückssache is uncommon German at frequency #74,642 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡlʏksˌzaxə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zufälliger, als günstig erachteter Umstand".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Glückssache, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Glückssache, spelled G-L-Ü-C-K-S-S-A-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1zufälliger, als günstig erachteter Umstand
Antonyms
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 “Glückssache”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-L-Ü-C-K-S-S-A-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡlʏksˌzaxə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.