youtube

/[ˈjuːtjuːbə]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,441

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

youtube is aGermanverb. It means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs youtuben Pronounced [ˈjuːtjuːbə]. It ranks #1,441 in German word frequency. Often confused with YouTuber and YouTubern.

Key facts for youtube
PropertyValue
Headwordyoutube
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈjuːtjuːbə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,441
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for youtube is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈjuːtjuːbə]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,441 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for youtube, with forms such as "oyutube", "yotuube", and "youtbue". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "YouTuber", "YouTubern", 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 youtube, spelled Y-O-U-T-U-B-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs youtuben
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs youtuben
  3. 3
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs youtuben
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs youtuben

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oyutube,yotuube,youtbue,youttube,youtubbe,youtueb,youutbe,yuotube,yyoutube

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for youtube

Misspelling Variants of "youtube"

oyutube7yotuube7youtbue7youttube8youtubbe8youtueb7youutbe7yuotube7
Misspelling Variants of "youtube"

Frequency rank: #1,441 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "youtube"?
"youtube" is spelled Y-O-U-T-U-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈjuːtjuːbə].
What does "youtube" mean?
As a verb, "youtube" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs youtuben
What words are commonly confused with "youtube"?
"youtube" is commonly confused with "YouTuber", "YouTubern". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "youtube"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "youtube" is [ˈjuːtjuːbə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "youtube" come from?
"youtube" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter Y in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.