gescheitert
[ɡəˈʃaɪ̯tɐt]
The verdict
“gescheitert” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #5,595 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #5,595
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - erfolglos geblieben, etwas nicht verwirklicht, ein Ziel nicht erreicht
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gescheitert |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʃaɪ̯tɐt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #5,595 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gescheitert” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for gescheitert is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈʃaɪ̯tɐt]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,595 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "erfolglos geblieben, etwas nicht verwirklicht, ein Ziel nicht erreicht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for gescheitert, with forms such as "egscheitert", "gecsheitert", and "gesccheitert". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "geschmiert", "gescheites", "gescheiterte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is gescheitert, spelled G-E-S-C-H-E-I-T-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1erfolglos geblieben, etwas nicht verwirklicht, ein Ziel nicht erreicht
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egscheitert,gecsheitert,gesccheitert,gescehitert,gescheietrt,gescheiterrt,gescheitertt,gescheitetr,gescheitret,gescheittert,geschetiert,geschheitert,geschietert,geshceitert,gesscheitert,ggescheitert,gsecheitert
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gescheitert - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “gescheitert”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-S-C-H-E-I-T-E-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡəˈʃaɪ̯tɐt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “geschmiert” - see the side-by-side comparison. gescheitert vs geschmiert
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.