möglich

/[ˈmøːklɪç]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#353

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

möglich is anGermanadj. It means: machbar, wenn man es versucht, geht es zu verwirklichen oder zu erreichen Pronounced [ˈmøːklɪç]. It ranks #353 in German word frequency. Often confused with mögliche and möglichst.

Key facts for möglich
PropertyValue
Headwordmöglich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈmøːklɪç]
Letters7
Frequency rank#353
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of möglich in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for möglich is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmøːklɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #353 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for möglich, with forms such as "mgölich", "mmöglich", and "mögglich". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "mögliche", "möglichst", "möglichen", and more, 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 möglich, spelled M-Ö-G-L-I-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    machbar, wenn man es versucht, geht es zu verwirklichen oder zu erreichen
  2. 2
    vorstellbar, es ist eine denkbare Alternative, die aber nicht gesichert ist
  3. 3
    beliebig, zufällig, ohne dass es näher spezifiziert wird
  4. 4
    Wahrheitswert in der Logik

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mgölich,mmöglich,mögglich,mögilch,möglcih,möglicch,möglichh,möglihc,mögllich,mölgich,ömglich

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for möglich

Misspelling Variants of "möglich"

mgölich7mmöglich8mögglich8mögilch7möglcih7möglicch8möglichh8möglihc7
Misspelling Variants of "möglich"

Frequency rank: #353 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "möglich"?
"möglich" is spelled M-Ö-G-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmøːklɪç].
What does "möglich" mean?
As an adj, "möglich" means: machbar, wenn man es versucht, geht es zu verwirklichen oder zu erreichen
What words are commonly confused with "möglich"?
"möglich" is commonly confused with "mögliche", "möglichst", "möglichen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "möglich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "möglich" is [ˈmøːklɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "möglich" come from?
"möglich" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.