gutmütig
[ˈɡuːtˌmyːtɪç]
The verdict
“gutmütig” is uncommon German (frequency #53,746 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,746
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - von einer Person: freundlich, Streit vermeidend, die Wünsche anderer gerne erfüllend; auch: sich viel gefallen lassend
Corpus desk
Index DE-gutmutig · gutmütig · German
gutmütig · rank #53,746 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,746
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH guerre
Nearest frequency peer: guerre (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “gutmütig”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- grimes
grimes
46,258 corpus weight
- grow
grow
46,257 corpus weight
- guerre
guerre
46,256 corpus weight
- gutmütig
gutmütig
46,255 corpus weight
- guttun
guttun
46,254 corpus weight
- Haarspray
Haarspray
46,252 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “gutmütig” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gutmütig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡuːtˌmyːtɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,746 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gutmütig” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gutmütig is uncommon German at frequency #53,746 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡuːtˌmyːtɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gutmütig, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is gutmütig, spelled G-U-T-M-Ü-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1von einer Person: freundlich, Streit vermeidend, die Wünsche anderer gerne erfüllend; auch: sich viel gefallen lassend
- 2von einem Tier: einfach zu lenken, folgsam, freundlich; auch: sich viel gefallen lassend
- 3von einer Sache: Fehler verzeihend, leicht lenkbar
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gutmütig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.