kleinlich
[ˈklaɪ̯nlɪç]
The verdict
“kleinlich” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #34,756 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #34,756
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - übertrieben genau, zu stark auf Kleinigkeiten achtend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kleinlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈklaɪ̯nlɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #34,756 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kleinlich” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for kleinlich is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈklaɪ̯nlɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,756 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "übertrieben genau, zu stark auf Kleinigkeiten achtend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for kleinlich, with forms such as "kelinlich", "kkleinlich", and "kleilnich". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is kleinlich, spelled K-L-E-I-N-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1übertrieben genau, zu stark auf Kleinigkeiten achtend
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: kelinlich,kkleinlich,kleilnich,kleinilch,kleinlcih,kleinlicch,kleinlichh,kleinlihc,kleinllich,kleinnlich,klenilich,klienlich,klleinlich,lkeinlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kleinlich - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “kleinlich”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-L-E-I-N-L-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈklaɪ̯nlɪç] (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.