Glücksspiele

[ˈɡlʏksˌʃpiːlə]

/[ˈɡlʏksˌʃpiːlə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Glücksspiele” is uncommon German (frequency #79,240 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,240
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Glücksspiel

Corpus desk

Index DE-glucksspiele · Glücksspiele · German

Glücksspiele · rank #79,240 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,240
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Glücksritter

Nearest frequency peer: Glücksritter (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Glücksspiele“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Glücksspiele“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Glücksspiele
PropertyValue
HeadwordGlücksspiele
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡlʏksˌʃpiːlə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#79,240
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Glücksspiele“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Glücksspielefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Glücksritter“ (#79,239), „Gneis“ (#79,241), „Glimmer“ (#79,238). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Glücksspiele“ bei #79,240. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Glücksspiele is uncommon German at frequency #79,240 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡlʏksˌʃpiːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Glücksspiele, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Glücksspiele, spelled G-L-Ü-C-K-S-S-P-I-E-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Glücksspiel
  2. 2
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Glücksspiel
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Glücksspiel
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Glücksspiel

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 "Glücksspiele"?
"Glücksspiele" is spelled G-L-Ü-C-K-S-S-P-I-E-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡlʏksˌʃpiːlə].
What does "Glücksspiele" mean?
As a noun, "Glücksspiele" means: Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Glücksspiel
How do you pronounce "Glücksspiele"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Glücksspiele" is [ˈɡlʏksˌʃpiːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Glücksspiele" come from?
"Glücksspiele" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Glücksritter#79,239getrockneter#79,224gestaffelten#79,218Hammerschlag#79,270

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list