glücklos
\ˈɡlʏkˌloːs\
The verdict
“glücklos” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Malchanceux, malheureux, infortuné.
Corpus desk
Index FR-glucklos · glücklos · French
glücklos · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glücklos |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈɡlʏkˌloːs\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
glücklos is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈɡlʏkˌloːs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Malchanceux, malheureux, infortuné.".
No misspelling variants are generated for glücklos in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is glücklos, spelled G-L-Ü-C-K-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1Malchanceux, malheureux, infortuné.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how glücklos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Joe Biden, lange Zeit glücklos, steht gerade glänzend da, der Präsident bugsiert ein wichtiges Gesetzespaket nach dem anderen durch den Kongress.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.