kürzlich
[ˈkʏʁt͡slɪç]
The verdict
“kürzlich” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #3,904 in German word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #3,904
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - vor kurzem, vor Kurzem, vor nicht langer Zeit
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kürzlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈkʏʁt͡slɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,904 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kürzlich” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for kürzlich is 8 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkʏʁt͡slɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,904 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "vor kurzem, vor Kurzem, vor nicht langer Zeit".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for kürzlich, with forms such as "kkürzlich", "krüzlich", and "kürlzich". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is kürzlich, spelled K-Ü-R-Z-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1vor kurzem, vor Kurzem, vor nicht langer Zeit
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: kkürzlich,krüzlich,kürlzich,kürrzlich,kürzilch,kürzlcih,kürzlicch,kürzlichh,kürzlihc,kürzllich,kürzzlich,küzrlich,ükrzlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kürzlich - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “kürzlich”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-Ü-R-Z-L-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkʏʁt͡slɪç] (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.