nutzen

/[ˈnʊt͡sn̩]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#798

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

nutzen is aGermanverb. It means: etwas gebrauchen oder zu Hilfe nehmen, um ein Ziel zu erreichen; etwas in Anspruch nehmen Pronounced [ˈnʊt͡sn̩]. It ranks #798 in German word frequency. Often confused with nutzt and Nutzer.

Key facts for nutzen
PropertyValue
Headwordnutzen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈnʊt͡sn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#798
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for nutzen is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnʊt͡sn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #798 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "etwas gebrauchen oder zu Hilfe nehmen, um ein Ziel zu erreichen; etwas in Anspruch nehmen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for nutzen, with forms such as "nnutzen", "ntuzen", and "nutezn". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "nutzt", "Nutzer", "nutzte", 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 nutzen, spelled N-U-T-Z-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas gebrauchen oder zu Hilfe nehmen, um ein Ziel zu erreichen; etwas in Anspruch nehmen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nnutzen,ntuzen,nutezn,nuttzen,nutzenn,nutzne,nutzzen,nuzten,untzen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nutzen

Misspelling Variants of "nutzen"

nnutzen7ntuzen6nutezn6nuttzen7nutzenn7nutzne6nutzzen7nuzten6
Misspelling Variants of "nutzen"

Frequency rank: #798 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nutzen"?
"nutzen" is spelled N-U-T-Z-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnʊt͡sn̩].
What does "nutzen" mean?
As a verb, "nutzen" means: etwas gebrauchen oder zu Hilfe nehmen, um ein Ziel zu erreichen; etwas in Anspruch nehmen
What words are commonly confused with "nutzen"?
"nutzen" is commonly confused with "nutzt", "Nutzer", "nutzte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nutzen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nutzen" is [ˈnʊt͡sn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nutzen" come from?
"nutzen" 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.