künstlerisch
[ˈkʏnstləʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“künstlerisch” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #12,525 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #12,525
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in Bezug auf die Kunst
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 | künstlerisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkʏnstləʁɪʃ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #12,525 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “künstlerisch” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for künstlerisch is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkʏnstləʁɪʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,525 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "in Bezug auf die Kunst".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for künstlerisch, with forms such as "kkünstlerisch", "knüstlerisch", and "künnstlerisch". 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. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "künstlerische", "künstlerischen", "künstlerischer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is künstlerisch, spelled K-Ü-N-S-T-L-E-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1in Bezug auf die Kunst
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: kkünstlerisch,knüstlerisch,künnstlerisch,künslterisch,künsstlerisch,künstelrisch,künstleirsch,künstlericsh,künstleriscch,künstlerischh,künstlerishc,künstlerissch,künstlerrisch,künstlersich,künstllerisch,künstlreisch,künsttlerisch,küntslerisch,küsntlerisch,üknstlerisch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of künstlerisch - 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 “künstlerisch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-Ü-N-S-T-L-E-R-I-S-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkʏnstləʁɪʃ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “künstlerische” - see the side-by-side comparison. künstlerisch vs künstlerische
- 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.