účinek
[ˈuːt͡ʃɪnɛk]
The verdict
“účinek” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vorgang, mit dem die Eigenschaft von etwas geändert wird, oder auch Folge/Ergebnis dieses Vorgangs; Wirkung, Auswirkung, Effekt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | účinek |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈuːt͡ʃɪnɛk] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “účinek” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for účinek is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈuːt͡ʃɪnɛk]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Vorgang, mit dem die Eigenschaft von etwas geändert wird, oder auch Folge/Ergebnis dieses Vorgangs; Wirkung, Auswirkung, Effekt".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for účinek, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 účinek, spelled Ú-Č-I-N-E-K.
Definition
- 1Vorgang, mit dem die Eigenschaft von etwas geändert wird, oder auch Folge/Ergebnis dieses Vorgangs; Wirkung, Auswirkung, Effekt
This word in other languages
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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Using “účinek”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Ú-Č-I-N-E-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈuːt͡ʃɪnɛk] (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.