Marktlücke
[ˈmaʁktˌlʏkə]
The verdict
“Marktlücke” is uncommon German (frequency #53,897 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,897
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - fehlendes wirtschaftliches Angebot, (noch) nicht gedeckter Bedarf nach einem Produkt
Corpus desk
Index DE-marktlucke · Marktlücke · German
Marktlücke · rank #53,897 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,897
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH mayor
Nearest frequency peer: mayor (+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 “Marktlücke”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Manufakturen
Manufakturen
46,108 corpus weight
- Marinen
Marinen
46,107 corpus weight
- Markenname
Markenname
46,106 corpus weight
- Marktlücke
Marktlücke
46,104 corpus weight
- mayor
mayor
46,103 corpus weight
- Menschenhand
Menschenhand
46,102 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Marktlücke” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Marktlücke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaʁktˌlʏkə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,897 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Marktlücke” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Marktlücke is uncommon German at frequency #53,897 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmaʁktˌlʏkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fehlendes wirtschaftliches Angebot, (noch) nicht gedeckter Bedarf nach einem Produkt".
Marktlücke doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Marktlücke, spelled M-A-R-K-T-L-Ü-C-K-E.
Definition
- 1fehlendes wirtschaftliches Angebot, (noch) nicht gedeckter Bedarf nach einem Produkt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Marktlücke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„›Da habe ich meinen Anteil verkauft und mich nach einer Marktlücke umgesehen.‹“
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.