Lüttich
The verdict
“Lüttich” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #28,304 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #28,304
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
Dominant Wiktionary sense: die belgische Stadt Lüttich
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lüttich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈlʏtɪç] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #28,304 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lüttich” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Lüttich is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlʏtɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,304 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "die belgische Stadt Lüttich".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lüttich, with forms such as "llüttich", "ltütich", and "lütich". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "lutsch", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Lüttich, spelled L-Ü-T-T-I-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1die belgische Stadt Lüttich
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: llüttich,ltütich,lütich,lütitch,lüttcih,lütticch,lüttichh,lüttihc,ülttich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lüttich - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "Lüttich"
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 “Lüttich”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-Ü-T-T-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈlʏtɪç] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “lutsch” - see the side-by-side comparison. Lüttich vs lutsch
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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