tschüss
[t͡ʃʏs]
The verdict
“tschüss” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #7,678 in German word frequency and used as an interjection.
- #7,678
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abschiedsgruß (besonders unter Verwandten und guten Bekannten) im Sinne von „auf Wiedersehen“
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tschüss |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [t͡ʃʏs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,678 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tschüss” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for tschüss is 7 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡ʃʏs]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,678 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Abschiedsgruß (besonders unter Verwandten und guten Bekannten) im Sinne von „auf Wiedersehen“".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for tschüss, with forms such as "stchüss", "tcshüss", and "tscchüss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is tschüss, spelled T-S-C-H-Ü-S-S.
Definition
- 1Abschiedsgruß (besonders unter Verwandten und guten Bekannten) im Sinne von „auf Wiedersehen“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: stchüss,tcshüss,tscchüss,tschhüss,tschsüs,tschüs,tschüß,tscühss,tshcüss,tsschüss,ttschüss
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tschüss - 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 “tschüss”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-S-C-H-Ü-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t͡ʃʏs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.