gesamt

/[ɡəˈzamt]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,720

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

gesamt is anGermanadj. It means: alle zugehörigen Dinge und/oder Personen zusammengenommen; ganz, vollständig, vereinigt Pronounced [ɡəˈzamt]. It ranks #8,720 in German word frequency. Often confused with gesät and Gewalt.

Key facts for gesamt
PropertyValue
Headwordgesamt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ɡəˈzamt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,720
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for gesamt is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈzamt]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,720 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "alle zugehörigen Dinge und/oder Personen zusammengenommen; ganz, vollständig, vereinigt".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for gesamt, with forms such as "egsamt", "geasmt", and "gesammt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gesät", "Gewalt", "Gesang", 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 gesamt, spelled G-E-S-A-M-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    alle zugehörigen Dinge und/oder Personen zusammengenommen; ganz, vollständig, vereinigt

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egsamt,geasmt,gesammt,gesamtt,gesatm,gesmat,gessamt,ggesamt,gseamt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gesamt

Misspelling Variants of "gesamt"

egsamt6geasmt6gesammt7gesamtt7gesatm6gesmat6gessamt7ggesamt7
Misspelling Variants of "gesamt"

Frequency rank: #8,720 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gesamt"?
"gesamt" is spelled G-E-S-A-M-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈzamt].
What does "gesamt" mean?
As an adj, "gesamt" means: alle zugehörigen Dinge und/oder Personen zusammengenommen; ganz, vollständig, vereinigt
What words are commonly confused with "gesamt"?
"gesamt" is commonly confused with "gesät", "Gewalt", "Gesang". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gesamt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gesamt" is [ɡəˈzamt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gesamt" come from?
"gesamt" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.