Glücksspiel
[ˈɡlʏksˌʃpiːl]
The verdict
“Glücksspiel” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,112. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,112
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Spiel, bei dem Gewinnen und Verlieren hauptsächlich vom Glück abhängt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Glücksspiel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡlʏksˌʃpiːl] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #15,112 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Glücksspiel” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around Glücksspiel (IPA [ˈɡlʏksˌʃpiːl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,112 among 54,401 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Spiel, bei dem Gewinnen und Verlieren hauptsächlich vom Glück abhängt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Glücksspiel, with forms such as "gglücksspiel", "glcüksspiel", and "gllücksspiel". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Glücksspiel, spelled G-L-Ü-C-K-S-S-P-I-E-L.
Definition
- 1Spiel, bei dem Gewinnen und Verlieren hauptsächlich vom Glück abhängt
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gglücksspiel
- glcüksspiel
- gllücksspiel
- glüccksspiel
- glückksspiel
- glückspiel
- glückspsiel
- glückssipel
- glücksspeil
- glücksspiell
- glücksspile
- glückssppiel
- glückßpiel
- glücskspiel
- glükcsspiel
- gülcksspiel
- lgücksspiel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Glücksspiel - 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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Using “Glücksspiel”
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-P-I-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡlʏksˌʃpiːl] (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.