künstlich
[ˈkʏnstlɪç]
The verdict
“künstlich” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,237. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,237
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nicht natürlich, sondern technisch nach Vorbildern aus der Natur nachgebildet
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 | künstlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkʏnstlɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #8,237 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “künstlich” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around künstlich (IPA [ˈkʏnstlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,237 among 55,078 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for künstlich, with forms such as "kkünstlich", "knüstlich", and "künnstlich". 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. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "künstliche", "künstlichen", "künstlicher", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 künstlich, spelled K-Ü-N-S-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1nicht natürlich, sondern technisch nach Vorbildern aus der Natur nachgebildet
- 2nicht auf natürliche Art und Weise ablaufend, aber natürliche Prozesse imitierend
- 3gekünstelt, unnatürlich
- 4eine Kunst beziehungsweise ein Kunstwerk darstellend
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kkünstlich
- knüstlich
- künnstlich
- künsltich
- künsstlich
- künstilch
- künstlcih
- künstlicch
- künstlichh
- künstlihc
- künstllich
- künsttlich
- küntslich
- küsntlich
- üknstlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of künstlich - 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 “künstlich”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-Ü-N-S-T-L-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkʏnstlɪç] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “künstliche” - see the side-by-side comparison. künstlich vs künstliche
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.