Gehässigkeit
[ɡəˈhɛsɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Gehässigkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #94,317 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,317
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - boshaftes Verhalten
Corpus desk
Index DE-gehassigkeit · Gehässigkeit · German
Gehässigkeit · rank #94,317 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,317
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,401
- PHOTO-FINISH gehypt
Nearest frequency peer: gehypt (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Gehässigkeit”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Gegenbesuch
Gegenbesuch
5,687 corpus weight
- geglänzt
geglänzt
5,686 corpus weight
- gehypt
gehypt
5,685 corpus weight
- Gehässigkeit
Gehässigkeit
5,684 corpus weight
- Geisterjäger
Geisterjäger
5,682 corpus weight
- gelangweilt…
gelangweilten
5,681 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Gehässigkeit” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gehässigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈhɛsɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #94,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gehässigkeit” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gehässigkeit is uncommon German at frequency #94,317 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈhɛsɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "boshaftes Verhalten".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Gehässigkeit, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gehässigkeit, spelled G-E-H-Ä-S-S-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1boshaftes Verhalten
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gehässigkeit", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.