Geschick
[ɡəˈʃɪk]
The verdict
“Geschick” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,152. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,152
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fähigkeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-geschick · Geschick · German
Geschick · rank #13,152 · 13 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,152
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH genetische
Nearest frequency peer: genetische (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Geschick“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Gemeinsamke…
Gemeinsamkeiten
86,852 corpus weight
- gemischte
gemischte
86,851 corpus weight
- genetische
genetische
86,850 corpus weight
- Geschick
Geschick
86,849 corpus weight
- gesellschaf…
gesellschaftlicher
86,848 corpus weight
- getauft
getauft
86,847 corpus weight
What this shows „Geschick“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Geschick |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʃɪk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #13,152 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Geschick“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Geschick (IPA [ɡəˈʃɪk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,152 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Geschick, with forms such as "egschick", "gecshick", and "gescchick". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Geschirr", "geschickt", "Geschmack", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Geschick, spelled G-E-S-C-H-I-C-K.
Definition
- 1Fähigkeit
- 2Schicksal
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Geschick appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In handwerklichen Dingen zeigt er großes Geschick.
„Neben seinem strategischen Geschick ist Smith wissbegierig und lernt Algonkin, die Sprache der Powhatan.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egschick
- gecshick
- gescchick
- geschcik
- geschhick
- geschicck
- geschickk
- geschikc
- gescihck
- geshcick
- gesschick
- ggeschick
- gsechick
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Geschick - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Geschick", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).