Jugendlicher
[ˈjuːɡəntlɪçɐ]
The verdict
“Jugendlicher” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #8,400 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,400
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - junge männliche Person zwischen Kindheit und Erwachsensein, also etwa vom 13. bis zum 21., gegebenenfalls auch bis zum 25. Lebensjahr
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jugendlicher |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjuːɡəntlɪçɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #8,400 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Jugendlicher” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Jugendlicher is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈjuːɡəntlɪçɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,400 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jugendlicher, with forms such as "jguendlicher", "jjugendlicher", and "juegndlicher". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "jugendlich", "Jugendliche", "Jugendlichen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Jugendlicher, spelled J-U-G-E-N-D-L-I-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1junge männliche Person zwischen Kindheit und Erwachsensein, also etwa vom 13. bis zum 21., gegebenenfalls auch bis zum 25. Lebensjahr
- 2männliche Person, die zwischen 14 und 18 Jahre alt ist
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This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: jguendlicher,jjugendlicher,juegndlicher,jugednlicher,jugenddlicher,jugendilcher,jugendlciher,jugendliccher,jugendlicehr,jugendlicherr,jugendlichher,jugendlichre,jugendlihcer,jugendllicher,jugenldicher,jugenndlicher,juggendlicher,jugnedlicher,ujgendlicher
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jugendlicher - 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 “Jugendlicher”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is J-U-G-E-N-D-L-I-C-H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈjuːɡəntlɪçɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “jugendlich” - see the side-by-side comparison. Jugendlicher vs jugendlich
- 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.