südliches
[ˈzyːtlɪçəs]
The verdict
“südliches” is uncommon German (frequency #68,739 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,739
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs südlich
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | südliches |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzyːtlɪçəs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,739 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “südliches” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
südliches is uncommon German at frequency #68,739 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzyːtlɪçəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for südliches in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is südliches, spelled S-Ü-D-L-I-C-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs südlich
- 2Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs südlich
- 3Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs südlich
- 4Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs südlich
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 “südliches”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-Ü-D-L-I-C-H-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.