nutze
[ˈnʊt͡sə]
The verdict
“nutze” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #5,989 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #5,989
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs nutzen
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 | nutze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈnʊt͡sə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,989 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nutze” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for nutze is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnʊt͡sə]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,989 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for nutze, with forms such as "nnutze", "ntuze", and "nutez". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "nutzt", "nutzen", "Nutzer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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. The correct German form is nutze, spelled N-U-T-Z-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs nutzen
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs nutzen
- 33. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs nutzen
- 42. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs nutzen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nnutze,ntuze,nutez,nuttze,nutzze,nuzte,untze
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nutze - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “nutze”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-U-T-Z-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈnʊt͡sə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “nutzt” - see the side-by-side comparison. nutze vs nutzt
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.