lustig
[ˈlʊstɪç]
The verdict
“lustig” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,235. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,235
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Komik, Witz besitzend; amüsant
Corpus desk
Index DE-lustig · lustig · German
lustig · rank #1,235 · 9 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,235
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH laden
Nearest frequency peer: laden (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “lustig”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Kontakt
Kontakt
98,769 corpus weight
- könnt
könnt
98,768 corpus weight
- laden
laden
98,767 corpus weight
- lustig
lustig
98,766 corpus weight
- Mittel
Mittel
98,765 corpus weight
- Paul
Paul
98,764 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lustig” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | lustig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈlʊstɪç] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,235 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “lustig” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around lustig (IPA [ˈlʊstɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,235 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for lustig, with forms such as "llustig", "lsutig", and "lusitg". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "lustige", "lustigen", "lustiger", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 lustig, spelled L-U-S-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1Komik, Witz besitzend; amüsant
- 2gut gelaunt oder gute Laune erzeugend
- 3Lust auf etwas habend; etwas mögend, daran Vergnügen findend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lustig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich kenne einen lustigen Witz.
Das finde ich gar nicht lustig.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- llustig
- lsutig
- lusitg
- lusstig
- lustgi
- lustigg
- lusttig
- lutsig
- ulstig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lustig - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lustig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "lustig". Here's where to go from here.
- "lustig" maps to 9 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "lustige". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,235 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "L" letter cohort. L–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.