nützlich

/[ˈnʏt͡slɪç]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,635

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

nützlich is anGermanadj. It means: die Eigenschaft, von Nutzen zu sein; häufig oder in einer wichtigen Situation benutzbar; brauchbar Pronounced [ˈnʏt͡slɪç]. It ranks #5,635 in German word frequency. Often confused with nützliche and nützlichen.

Key facts for nützlich
PropertyValue
Headwordnützlich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈnʏt͡slɪç]
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,635
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for nützlich is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnʏt͡slɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,635 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "die Eigenschaft, von Nutzen zu sein; häufig oder in einer wichtigen Situation benutzbar; brauchbar".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for nützlich, with forms such as "nnützlich", "ntüzlich", and "nütlzich". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "nützliche", "nützlichen", "nützliches", 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 nützlich, spelled N-Ü-T-Z-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
    die Eigenschaft, von Nutzen zu sein; häufig oder in einer wichtigen Situation benutzbar; brauchbar

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nnützlich,ntüzlich,nütlzich,nüttzlich,nützilch,nützlcih,nützlicch,nützlichh,nützlihc,nützllich,nützzlich,nüztlich,üntzlich

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nützlich

Misspelling Variants of "nützlich"

nnützlich9ntüzlich8nütlzich8nüttzlich9nützilch8nützlcih8nützlicch9nützlichh9
Misspelling Variants of "nützlich"

Frequency rank: #5,635 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nützlich"?
"nützlich" is spelled N-Ü-T-Z-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnʏt͡slɪç].
What does "nützlich" mean?
As an adj, "nützlich" means: die Eigenschaft, von Nutzen zu sein; häufig oder in einer wichtigen Situation benutzbar; brauchbar
What words are commonly confused with "nützlich"?
"nützlich" is commonly confused with "nützliche", "nützlichen", "nützliches". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nützlich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nützlich" is [ˈnʏt͡slɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nützlich" come from?
"nützlich" 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.