Gedicht

/[ɡəˈdɪçt]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,709

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Gedicht is aGermannoun. It means: lyrisches sprachliches Kunstwerk, das meist schriftlich und in Strophen- und Versform vorliegt Pronounced [ɡəˈdɪçt]. It ranks #5,709 in German word frequency. Often confused with Gicht and Gesicht.

Key facts for Gedicht
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HeadwordGedicht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈdɪçt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,709
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Gedicht is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈdɪçt]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,709 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Gedicht, with forms such as "egdicht", "gdeicht", and "gedciht". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Gicht", "Gesicht", "Gericht", and more, 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 Gedicht, spelled G-E-D-I-C-H-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    lyrisches sprachliches Kunstwerk, das meist schriftlich und in Strophen- und Versform vorliegt
  2. 2
    etwas außergewöhnlich gut Gelungenes

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egdicht,gdeicht,gedciht,geddicht,gediccht,gedichht,gedichtt,gedicth,gedihct,geidcht,ggedicht

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Gedicht

Misspelling Variants of "Gedicht"

egdicht7gdeicht7gedciht7geddicht8gediccht8gedichht8gedichtt8gedicth7
Misspelling Variants of "Gedicht"

Frequency rank: #5,709 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gedicht"?
"Gedicht" is spelled G-E-D-I-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈdɪçt].
What does "Gedicht" mean?
As a noun, "Gedicht" means: lyrisches sprachliches Kunstwerk, das meist schriftlich und in Strophen- und Versform vorliegt
What words are commonly confused with "Gedicht"?
"Gedicht" is commonly confused with "Gicht", "Gesicht", "Gericht". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gedicht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gedicht" is [ɡəˈdɪçt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gedicht" come from?
"Gedicht" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.