Gerechtigkeit

Name: Gerechtigkeit, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ɡəˈʁɛçtɪçkaɪ̯t]

/[ɡəˈʁɛçtɪçkaɪ̯t]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Gerechtigkeit” has 20 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,316. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,316
frequency rank, German: 5,117
“G” headwords: 20
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Einstellung, Prinzip, Zustand, bei denen jede Person das erhält, was ihr zusteht

Corpus desk

Index DE-gerechtigkeit · Gerechtigkeit · German

Gerechtigkeit · rank #3,316 · 20 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #3,316
LEN-MEGA 13 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 20 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,117
PHOTO-FINISH gelungen

Nearest frequency peer: gelungen (-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.

free

96,688
gefühlt

96,687
gelungen

96,686
Gerechtigke…

96,685
gering

96,684
Heidelberg

96,682

What this shows „Gerechtigkeit“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Key facts for Gerechtigkeit
Property	Value
Headword	Gerechtigkeit
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ɡəˈʁɛçtɪçkaɪ̯t]
Letters	13
Frequency rank	#3,316
Misspellings tracked	20
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Gerechtigkeit“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Gerechtigkeitliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#3,316

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „gelungen“ (#3,315), „gering“ (#3,317), „gefühlt“ (#3,314). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gerechtigkeit“ bei #3,316. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around Gerechtigkeit (IPA [ɡəˈʁɛçtɪçkaɪ̯t]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,316 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gerechtigkeit, with forms such as "egrechtigkeit", "geerchtigkeit", and "gercehtigkeit". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Gerechtigkeit, spelled G-E-R-E-C-H-T-I-G-K-E-I-T.

Definition

1
Einstellung, Prinzip, Zustand, bei denen jede Person das erhält, was ihr zusteht
2
das Gerechtsein
3
Gerechtsame, Nutzungsrecht an einem Grundstück

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Gerechtigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

„Die Gerechtigkeit also ist so beschaffen wie gerecht sein, würde ich sagen dem Fragenden zur Antwort.“
„Der Venezianer Ludovico Zuccolo lehnt 1625 sogar wörtlich die Staatsräson, ragion di stato, als Richtlinie ab, und läßt nur Ehrbarkeit und Gerechtigkeit gelten.“

Antonyms

Ungerechtigkeit

This word in other languages

justice(English)justicia(Español)justice(Français)justiça(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

egrechtigkeit
geerchtigkeit
gercehtigkeit
gerecchtigkeit
gerechhtigkeit
gerechitgkeit
gerechtgikeit
gerechtigekit
gerechtiggkeit
gerechtigkeitt
gerechtigketi
gerechtigkiet
gerechtigkkeit
gerechtikgeit
gerechttigkeit
gerecthigkeit
gerehctigkeit
gerrechtigkeit
ggerechtigkeit
greechtigkeit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gerechtigkeit - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "Gerechtigkeit"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gerechtigkeit"?

"Gerechtigkeit" is spelled G-E-R-E-C-H-T-I-G-K-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʁɛçtɪçkaɪ̯t].

What does "Gerechtigkeit" mean?

As a noun, "Gerechtigkeit" means: Einstellung, Prinzip, Zustand, bei denen jede Person das erhält, was ihr zusteht

What are common misspellings of "Gerechtigkeit"?

Common misspellings include "egrechtigkeit", "geerchtigkeit", "gercehtigkeit", "gerecchtigkeit", "gerechhtigkeit". The correct spelling is "Gerechtigkeit".

How do you pronounce "Gerechtigkeit"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gerechtigkeit" is [ɡəˈʁɛçtɪçkaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Gerechtigkeit" come from?

"Gerechtigkeit" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gerechtigkeit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

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