useful

[ˈjuːsf(ə)l]

/[ˈjuːsf(ə)l]/ adj

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The verdict

“useful” is uncommon German (frequency #93,767 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,767
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nützlich, praktisch, brauchbar, zweckdienlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-useful · useful · German

useful · rank #93,767 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,767
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH unüberwindbare

Nearest frequency peer: unüberwindbare (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „useful“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „useful“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for useful
PropertyValue
Headworduseful
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈjuːsf(ə)l]
Letters6
Frequency rank#93,767
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „useful“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.usefulfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „unüberwindbare“ (#93,766), „USSR“ (#93,768), „Unvollkommenheit“ (#93,765). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „useful“ bei #93,767. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

useful is uncommon German at frequency #93,767 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈjuːsf(ə)l]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for useful, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 useful, spelled U-S-E-F-U-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    nützlich, praktisch, brauchbar, zweckdienlich
  2. 2
    gut, wertvoll, hilfreich, passend, sinnvoll

Synonyms

worthwhile

Antonyms

useless

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "useful"?
"useful" is spelled U-S-E-F-U-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈjuːsf(ə)l].
What does "useful" mean?
As an adjective, "useful" means: nützlich, praktisch, brauchbar, zweckdienlich
How do you pronounce "useful"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "useful" is [ˈjuːsf(ə)l]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "useful" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "useful", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sturen#93,671starks#93,648stader#93,641Squire#93,636

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list