nutzlos
[ˈnʊt͡sloːs]
The verdict
“nutzlos” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #10,532 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #10,532
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ohne Nutzen, keinen oder nur sehr wenig Nutzen bringend, zu nichts zu gebrauchen; ohne die angestrebte Wirkung
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 | nutzlos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈnʊt͡sloːs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,532 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nutzlos” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for nutzlos is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnʊt͡sloːs]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,532 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ohne Nutzen, keinen oder nur sehr wenig Nutzen bringend, zu nichts zu gebrauchen; ohne die angestrebte Wirkung".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for nutzlos, with forms such as "nnutzlos", "ntuzlos", and "nutlzos". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "nutzlose", "nutzlosen", "Nutzers", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is nutzlos, spelled N-U-T-Z-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1ohne Nutzen, keinen oder nur sehr wenig Nutzen bringend, zu nichts zu gebrauchen; ohne die angestrebte Wirkung
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nnutzlos,ntuzlos,nutlzos,nuttzlos,nutzllos,nutzloss,nutzlso,nutzols,nutzzlos,nuztlos,untzlos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nutzlos - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “nutzlos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-U-T-Z-L-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈnʊt͡sloːs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “nutzlose” - see the side-by-side comparison. nutzlos vs nutzlose
- 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.