gescheiter

[ɡəˈʃaɪ̯tɐ]

/[ɡəˈʃaɪ̯tɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“gescheiter” is uncommon German (frequency #60,609 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,609
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gescheit

Corpus desk

Index DE-gescheiter · gescheiter · German

gescheiter · rank #60,609 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,609
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gesamtsystem

Nearest frequency peer: Gesamtsystem (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „gescheiter“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „gescheiter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gescheiter
PropertyValue
Headwordgescheiter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈʃaɪ̯tɐ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#60,609
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „gescheiter“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.gescheiterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gesamtsystem“ (#60,608), „Gesellschaftsform“ (#60,610), „geprägter“ (#60,607). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „gescheiter“ bei #60,609. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gescheiter is uncommon German at frequency #60,609 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈʃaɪ̯tɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for gescheiter in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is gescheiter, spelled G-E-S-C-H-E-I-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gescheit
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gescheit
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gescheit
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gescheit
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gescheit

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 "gescheiter"?
"gescheiter" is spelled G-E-S-C-H-E-I-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʃaɪ̯tɐ].
What does "gescheiter" mean?
As an adjective, "gescheiter" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs gescheit
How do you pronounce "gescheiter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gescheiter" is [ɡəˈʃaɪ̯tɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gescheiter" come from?
"gescheiter" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

genereller#60,605getriggert#60,615Funkgeräte#60,586Hamsterrad#60,639

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list