gesellschaftlich

/[ɡəˈzɛlʃaftlɪç]/ adj

Letters

16 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,658

in German word usage

Misspellings

25

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

gesellschaftlich is anGermanadj. It means: die sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Verhältnisse einer Gruppe von Personen oder eine Gesellschaft als Ganzes betreffend Pronounced [ɡəˈzɛlʃaftlɪç]. Often confused with gesellschaftliche and gesellschaftlichen.

Key facts for gesellschaftlich
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Headwordgesellschaftlich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ɡəˈzɛlʃaftlɪç]
Letters16
Frequency rank#11,658
Misspellings tracked25
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for gesellschaftlich is 16 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈzɛlʃaftlɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,658 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 25 documented wrong-spelling variants for gesellschaftlich, with forms such as "egsellschaftlich", "geesllschaftlich", and "gesellcshaftlich". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "gesellschaftliche", "gesellschaftlichen", "gesellschaftlicher", 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 gesellschaftlich, spelled G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T-L-I-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Verhältnisse einer Gruppe von Personen oder eine Gesellschaft als Ganzes betreffend
  2. 2
    in der Gesellschaft üblich, das Benehmen und die Umgangsformen betreffend
  3. 3
    die Oberschicht einer Gesellschaft betreffend

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egsellschaftlich,geesllschaftlich,gesellcshaftlich,gesellscahftlich,gesellscchaftlich,gesellschafftlich,gesellschafltich,gesellschaftilch,gesellschaftlcih,gesellschaftlicch,gesellschaftlichh,gesellschaftlihc,gesellschaftllich,gesellschafttlich,gesellschatflich,gesellschfatlich,gesellschhaftlich,gesellshcaftlich,gesellsschaftlich,geselschaftlich,geselslchaftlich,geslelschaftlich,gessellschaftlich,ggesellschaftlich,gseellschaftlich

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gesellschaftlich

Misspelling Variants of "gesellschaftlich"

egsellschaftlich16geesllschaftlich16gesellcshaftlich16gesellscahftlich16gesellscchaftlich17gesellschafftlich17gesellschafltich16gesellschaftilch16
Misspelling Variants of "gesellschaftlich"

Frequency rank: #11,658 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gesellschaftlich"?
"gesellschaftlich" is spelled G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈzɛlʃaftlɪç].
What does "gesellschaftlich" mean?
As an adj, "gesellschaftlich" means: die sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Verhältnisse einer Gruppe von Personen oder eine Gesellschaft als Ganzes betreffend
What words are commonly confused with "gesellschaftlich"?
"gesellschaftlich" is commonly confused with "gesellschaftliche", "gesellschaftlichen", "gesellschaftlicher". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gesellschaftlich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gesellschaftlich" is [ɡəˈzɛlʃaftlɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gesellschaftlich" come from?
"gesellschaftlich" 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.