suitable
[ˈsuːtəbl]
The verdict
“suitable” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - adäquat, angebracht (Bemerkung), angemessen, brauchbar, entsprechend, geeignet, passend, tauglich, verwendbar, zweckmäßig
Corpus desk
Index DE-suitable · suitable · German
suitable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | suitable |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈsuːtəbl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “suitable” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
suitable is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈsuːtəbl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "adäquat, angebracht (Bemerkung), angemessen, brauchbar, entsprechend, geeignet, passend, tauglich, verwendbar, zweckmäßig".
Zero misspellings are on record for suitable in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is suitable, spelled S-U-I-T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1adäquat, angebracht (Bemerkung), angemessen, brauchbar, entsprechend, geeignet, passend, tauglich, verwendbar, zweckmäßig
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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