unglücklich

/[ˈʊnˌɡlʏklɪç]/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,476

in German word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

unglücklich is anGermanadj. It means: traurig, deprimiert, bedrückt Pronounced [ˈʊnˌɡlʏklɪç]. It ranks #6,476 in German word frequency. Often confused with unglückliche and unglücklichen.

Key facts for unglücklich
PropertyValue
Headwordunglücklich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈʊnˌɡlʏklɪç]
Letters11
Frequency rank#6,476
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of unglücklich in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for unglücklich is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʊnˌɡlʏklɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,476 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for unglücklich, with forms such as "nuglücklich", "ugnlücklich", and "ungglücklich". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "unglückliche", "unglücklichen", "unglücklicher", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is unglücklich, spelled U-N-G-L-Ü-C-K-L-I-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    traurig, deprimiert, bedrückt
  2. 2
    ungünstig

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: nuglücklich,ugnlücklich,ungglücklich,unglcüklich,ungllücklich,unglüccklich,unglückilch,unglückklich,unglücklcih,unglücklicch,unglücklichh,unglücklihc,unglückllich,unglüclkich,unglükclich,ungülcklich,unlgücklich,unnglücklich

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for unglücklich

Misspelling Variants of "unglücklich"

nuglücklich11ugnlücklich11ungglücklich12unglcüklich11ungllücklich12unglüccklich12unglückilch11unglückklich12
Misspelling Variants of "unglücklich"

Frequency rank: #6,476 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unglücklich"?
"unglücklich" is spelled U-N-G-L-Ü-C-K-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊnˌɡlʏklɪç].
What does "unglücklich" mean?
As an adj, "unglücklich" means: traurig, deprimiert, bedrückt
What words are commonly confused with "unglücklich"?
"unglücklich" is commonly confused with "unglückliche", "unglücklichen", "unglücklicher". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "unglücklich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "unglücklich" is [ˈʊnˌɡlʏklɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "unglücklich" come from?
"unglücklich" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.