wirkungslos
[ˈvɪʁkʊŋsˌloːs]
The verdict
“wirkungslos” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #26,250 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #26,250
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - keine Wirkung habend; eine Handlung, die nichts verändert
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wirkungslos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvɪʁkʊŋsˌloːs] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #26,250 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wirkungslos” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for wirkungslos is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvɪʁkʊŋsˌloːs]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,250 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "keine Wirkung habend; eine Handlung, die nichts verändert".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for wirkungslos, with forms such as "iwrkungslos", "wikrungslos", and "wirkkungslos". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is wirkungslos, spelled W-I-R-K-U-N-G-S-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1keine Wirkung habend; eine Handlung, die nichts verändert
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: iwrkungslos,wikrungslos,wirkkungslos,wirknugslos,wirkugnslos,wirkunggslos,wirkunglsos,wirkungsllos,wirkungsloss,wirkungslso,wirkungsols,wirkungsslos,wirkunngslos,wirkunsglos,wirrkungslos,wirukngslos,wrikungslos,wwirkungslos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wirkungslos - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “wirkungslos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-I-R-K-U-N-G-S-L-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈvɪʁkʊŋsˌloːs] (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.