heutzutage
[ˈhɔɪ̯tt͡suˌtaːɡə]
The verdict
“heutzutage” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #3,455 in German word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #3,455
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in der jetzigen Zeit, in der Gegenwart
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heutzutage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈhɔɪ̯tt͡suˌtaːɡə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #3,455 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “heutzutage” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for heutzutage is 10 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhɔɪ̯tt͡suˌtaːɡə]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,455 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "in der jetzigen Zeit, in der Gegenwart".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for heutzutage, with forms such as "ehutzutage", "hetuzutage", and "heuttzutage". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is heutzutage, spelled H-E-U-T-Z-U-T-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1in der jetzigen Zeit, in der Gegenwart
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ehutzutage,hetuzutage,heuttzutage,heutuztage,heutztuage,heutzuatge,heutzutaeg,heutzutagge,heutzutgae,heutzuttage,heutzzutage,heuztutage,hheutzutage,huetzutage
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of heutzutage - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “heutzutage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-E-U-T-Z-U-T-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhɔɪ̯tt͡suˌtaːɡə] (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.