unnützes
[ˈʊnˌnʏt͡səs]
The verdict
“unnützes” is uncommon German (frequency #66,799 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,799
- frequency rank, German
- 30,279
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unnütz
Corpus desk
Index DE-unnutzes · unnützes · German
unnützes · rank #66,799 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,799
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,279
- PHOTO-FINISH unnachgiebig
Nearest frequency peer: unnachgiebig (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “unnützes”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Unimog
Unimog
33,205 corpus weight
- Universität…
Universitätsmedizin
33,204 corpus weight
- unnachgiebig
unnachgiebig
33,203 corpus weight
- unnützes
unnützes
33,202 corpus weight
- unsichtbares
unsichtbares
33,201 corpus weight
- unterbreite…
unterbreitete
33,200 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “unnützes” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unnützes |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊnˌnʏt͡səs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,799 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unnützes” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
unnützes is uncommon German at frequency #66,799 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊnˌnʏt͡səs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for unnützes in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is unnützes, spelled U-N-N-Ü-T-Z-E-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unnütz
- 2Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unnütz
- 3Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unnütz
- 4Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs unnütz
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.