geschickt

/[ɡəˈʃɪkt]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,065

in German word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

geschickt is anGermanadj. It means: von hoher, guter Handfertigkeit, Handwerklichkeit Pronounced [ɡəˈʃɪkt]. It ranks #2,065 in German word frequency. Often confused with gespickt and geschieht.

Key facts for geschickt
PropertyValue
Headwordgeschickt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ɡəˈʃɪkt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,065
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for geschickt is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈʃɪkt]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,065 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for geschickt, with forms such as "egschickt", "gecshickt", and "gescchickt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "gespickt", "geschieht", "geschockt", 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 geschickt, spelled G-E-S-C-H-I-C-K-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    von hoher, guter Handfertigkeit, Handwerklichkeit
  2. 2
    wohldurchdacht und erfolgreich handelnd

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egschickt,gecshickt,gescchickt,geschcikt,geschhickt,geschicckt,geschickkt,geschicktt,geschictk,geschikct,gescihckt,geshcickt,gesschickt,ggeschickt,gsechickt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for geschickt

Misspelling Variants of "geschickt"

egschickt9gecshickt9gescchickt10geschcikt9geschhickt10geschicckt10geschickkt10geschicktt10
Misspelling Variants of "geschickt"

Frequency rank: #2,065 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "geschickt"?
"geschickt" is spelled G-E-S-C-H-I-C-K-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʃɪkt].
What does "geschickt" mean?
As an adj, "geschickt" means: von hoher, guter Handfertigkeit, Handwerklichkeit
What words are commonly confused with "geschickt"?
"geschickt" is commonly confused with "gespickt", "geschieht", "geschockt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "geschickt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "geschickt" is [ɡəˈʃɪkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "geschickt" come from?
"geschickt" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.