misfortune
[mɪsˈfɔːtʃuːn]
The verdict
“misfortune” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Missgeschick
Corpus desk
Index DE-misfortune · misfortune · German
misfortune · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | misfortune |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mɪsˈfɔːtʃuːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „misfortune“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
misfortune is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [mɪsˈfɔːtʃuːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Missgeschick".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for misfortune, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is misfortune, spelled M-I-S-F-O-R-T-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Missgeschick
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how misfortune appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He had a lot of misfortune in the last few years.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.