letztendlich
[lɛt͡stˈʔɛntlɪç]
The verdict
“letztendlich” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #4,370 in German word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #4,370
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in endgültiger oder zwingender Konsequenz
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | letztendlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [lɛt͡stˈʔɛntlɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #4,370 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “letztendlich” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for letztendlich is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [lɛt͡stˈʔɛntlɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,370 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 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for letztendlich, with forms such as "eltztendlich", "lettzendlich", and "lettztendlich". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 letztendlich, spelled L-E-T-Z-T-E-N-D-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1in endgültiger oder zwingender Konsequenz
- 2auf eine eingetroffene Konsequenz Bezug nehmend
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eltztendlich,lettzendlich,lettztendlich,letzetndlich,letztednlich,letztenddlich,letztendilch,letztendlcih,letztendlicch,letztendlichh,letztendlihc,letztendllich,letztenldich,letztenndlich,letztnedlich,letzttendlich,letzztendlich,lezttendlich,lletztendlich,lteztendlich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of letztendlich - 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 “letztendlich”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-E-T-Z-T-E-N-D-L-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [lɛt͡stˈʔɛntlɪç] (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.